Consumers
in sentence
1831 examples of Consumers in a sentence
More than 20 years ago, Alan Greenspan, then-Chair of the US Federal Reserve, started pointing out that GDP growth in the US was becoming less driven by
consumers
trying to acquire more stuff.
It is impossible to quantify the economic losses inflicted on India during four decades in which entrepreneurs frittered away their time and energy applying for licenses rather than manufacturing products; paying bribes instead of hiring workers; wooing politicians instead of understanding consumers; and “getting things done” through bureaucrats rather than doing things for themselves.
The administration’s multi-pronged effort to postpone pain to US consumers, including super easy monetary and fiscal policy, only risks a greater crisis in the not-too-distant future.
(There is some new evidence, uncovered by Jim Pfaus at Concordia University in Canada, that desensitization may be affecting women
consumers
of pornography as well.)
This dopamine effect explains why pornography tends to become more and more extreme over time: ordinary sexual images eventually lose their power, leading
consumers
to need images that break other taboos in other kinds of ways, in order to feel as good.
But the same was true for over-extended, saving-short American
consumers
– to say nothing of a eurozone that was basically a levered play on overly-inflated growth expectations in its peripheral economies – Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain.
Economic activity is affected by confidence: Do
consumers
believe their incomes are likely to rise (or even prove secure), and do companies believe that future growth will be buoyant enough to warrant current investment?
An economic slowdown will likely produce a price drop, which can be a financial boon for governments and
consumers
alike.
The result is a further decline in the price of oil and larger incentives for
consumers
to buy gas-guzzlers and drive more.
After centuries of wasteful production and consumption practices – facilitated by ever-lower commodity prices that have declined by an average of 0.7% a year in peacetime over the past century – the world is in dire need of technologies that enable producers and
consumers
alike to do more with less.
Similarly, OPower has used behavioral science and cloud-based software to motivate
consumers
to cut their energy consumption by 2-4% annually – a change that is beginning to reshape power markets.
The benefits of ICT goods and services grow significantly as more businesses and
consumers
start to use them.
The cap on such a tax would prevent the rate from spiraling upward, but rising bandwidths would cause most users to max out quickly, affecting not only the poorest consumers, but also new or small businesses.
Governments must address inconsistencies in their energy strategies, consider the links with broader economic policies, and stop sending mixed signals to consumers, producers, and investors.
The TPP would lower tariffs and allow
consumers
in Asia to buy more US products.
By pursuing radical deregulation, the Trump administration is practically begging businesses to harm consumers, the environment, and, in the long run, themselves.
Far from seizing on deregulation to improve their own profit margins, at the expense of
consumers
and communities, companies should be working hard to boost transparency.
Boards of directors, large global investors, and
consumers
must step up to persuade more companies to join them.
Likewise, outspoken consumers, using means from protests to social media, can help swing the pendulum on a wide range of issues, from remuneration to corporate responsibility.
An information good--a computer program, a piece of online entertainment, or a source of information--needs to be produced only once and can then be distributed to a potentially unlimited number of
consumers
at very little (if any) additional cost.
Moreover, information goods produced at larger scale are also more valuable to
consumers.
In the section of the "new economy" dominated by producers' economies of scale and
consumers'
economies of scope, a firm that establishes a lead in market share gains a nearly overwhelming advantage.
Consumers
will gain and shareholders will lose.
While free virtual goods clearly have value to consumers, they are entirely excluded from GDP, in accordance with internationally accepted statistical standards.
For several thousand years, the free market was comprised of individuals: craftsmen, traders, and
consumers.
For example, businesses get access to a larger market, and
consumers
benefit from lower prices, but regulations are less attuned to their liking.
Pricing would be more transparent, and
consumers
could spot anomalies (from their phones) and shop for the best deals.
Indeed, with roughly 130 million middle-class consumers, China’s domestic market holds significant potential.
By investing in them, America’s Internet giants are providing tangible benefits for European
consumers
and companies.
At the same time, they facilitate the smooth exchange of content, enabling European
consumers
to make the most of their Internet connections.
Back
Next
Related words
Their
Would
Prices
Producers
Companies
Businesses
Services
Products
Market
Countries
Goods
Which
Demand
While
Costs
Other
Spending
Global
Economy
Economic
