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Is there a macroeconomic policy that could boost the still shaky optimism of consumers?
Consumer surplus – which is growing fast, as Internet-based services like Google search and Facebook generate substantial utility to consumers, at a market price of close to zero – is ignored.
Both inflation and the fiscal deficit fell rapidly; businesses and consumers became more confident; investment picked up; and the government put in place an ambitious package of liberalizing reforms.
Everyone in their right mind wants to prevent the largest banks from getting out of control, shifting risk into shadowy, unregulated activities (on or off their balance sheet), and fleecing consumers.
(bank information for consumers) seem like miracles.
Meanwhile, consumers are applying that same curiosity to their governments.
One day, the country is on the brink of a double-dip recession; the next, it is on the verge of a turbo-charged recovery, powered by resilient consumers and US multinationals starting to deploy, at long last, their massive cash reserves.
Consumers, seeing the pound depreciate, front-loaded their spending in the second half of last year, because they understood that import prices would rise.
And its investments in renewables at home and abroad can lead to additional technological breakthroughs that drive down costs for consumers everywhere.
Despite these hurdles, technological innovation should help Chinese producers realize productivity gains and deliver savings to consumers.
Yes, we need news organizations to deliver reliable information; but we also need those receiving it to be savvy consumers.
Relationships are built on trust, which is essential for ensuring that consumers accept information that challenges their closely held beliefs.
An ample supply of sound information is not sufficient to make good choices; news consumers need critical-thinking skills.
It will probably take decades to rebuild trusting relationships between consumers and mainstream news media.
Information consumers will always have biases and incentives to select one piece of information over another.
If money creation finances tax cuts rather than increased public expenditure, the impact will depend on how much consumers decide to spend versus save – a balance that may be unstable over time.
Indeed, continued real-wage growth is forcing inefficient industries that relied solely on cheap labor out of the market, while bolstering the competitiveness of producers that appeal to the evolving tastes of China’s increasingly potent consumers.
Another way to reward consumers for combating tax evasion is to offer subsidies.
Some developing countries have introduced a far-reaching VAT refund system for consumers who collect official receipts.
But if consumers bear the brunt of costs for reporting violations to the authorities, subsidies may induce them to seek out vendors willing to offer legal transactions.
The reserve price places a cap on how high commodity prices will go, as it is the price at which demand destruction occurs (consumers are no longer willing or able to purchase the good or service).
Ultimately, emerging economies’ absolute size and rate of growth both matter in charting commodity demand and the future trajectory of global commodity prices, with per capita income clearly linked to consumers’ wealth.
But when businesses and consumers try to borrow, they find that it is very costly, if not impossible.
People want simplicity, yet at the same time, in a world of targeted marketing, customization, and precision, in which vendors struggle to give consumers exactly what they want, people can help themselves by thinking clearly and specifying their preferences.
By comparison, consumers in the United States spend the least globally (6.4%), far less than people in emerging economies like Brazil (16%) and India (30%).
These prices hit consumers both directly and indirectly (owing to pass-through of higher input costs by food conglomerates and service providers).
As Tembinkosi Bonakele, head of South Africa’s Competition Commission, noted last year, the government is “determined to root out exploitation of consumers by cartels,” especially in the food industry.
Ultimately, it is the responsibility of political leaders to protect consumers from collusion and price-fixing.
The answer is that countries should seek to do both: Lower the price paid to oil producers and raise the price paid by oil consumers, by cutting subsidies for oil and refined products or raising taxes on them.
Governments that act now can reduce energy subsidies or increase taxes while sparing consumers an increase in the retail price from one year to the next.
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