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Depressed consumption and higher savings have affected all age groups, but the relatively old have been more prone to the trend than the relatively young.
The only positive signs in consumption are seen among the youngest households, those headed by people in their early twenties, who evidently hope that sooner or later the reforms will be approved and their tax burden reduced.
Not surprisingly, elderly people cut consumption more.
Put this in the context of a rapidly aging population and the effects on overall consumption are dramatic.
Evidence from this and smaller-scale programs show significant increases in household consumption, reducing poverty in the short run, and that such programs improve school enrollment and attendance rates, although they do less for achievement levels.
All of these changes have in turn contributed to lower economy-wide output and consumption volatility in both rich and developing countries.
If China and India replicate American per capita consumption of fossil fuels, the resulting greenhouse-gas emissions will only accelerate global warming.
The good news is that robust public policy, coupled with rapid advances in technology, could help humanity as a whole reduce its energy consumption.
China aims to lower its energy consumption per unit of GDP by 20% relative to 2005 levels by 2010.
China doubled the efficiency of rural energy consumption between 1983 and 1998 by distributing safer and cleaner stoves to 185 million households.
The right has greater confidence in markets to allocate resources and provide appropriate incentives; favors private consumption over public goods; is minimally concerned with economic inequality; and tends to be more nationalistic and less optimistic about international cooperation.
First, economic growth continues to be essentially based on domestic consumption and commodity exports.
Bolsa Familia has been a stunning electoral success, and undoubtedly increased bottom-of-the-pyramid consumption in Brazil.
So, as global meat consumption continues torise, it makes sense for a sizeable share of it to come from the sea.
For that reason, aquaculture is already the leading mode of fish production for human consumption.
In order to set clear targets for managing water scarcity, reliable, timely data are needed to understand variations in the quality and quantity of water caused by climate change and environmental degradation, as well as to identify patterns of water consumption by households, farmers, and industry.
Typically, a rebound in consumption helps to reinvigorate the economy; but consumption has, almost miraculously, sustained the economy as investment has fallen, and thus there is little scope for a rebound.
Rising unemployment adds to a sense of economic insecurity, and may further weaken consumption.
Likewise, with household consumption and business investment collapsing, governments will soon become the spenders of first and only resort, stimulating demand and rescuing banks, firms, and households.
Rice output has risen by two and a half times since 2004, according to the Ministry of Trade, to 180,000 metric tons, while consumption of imported rice fell by half from 2004 to 2005 alone.
Individuals may have come to value future consumption, in retirement, over current consumption – the reverse of the traditional relationship.
More importantly, the notion of corporate income is inherently arbitrary, for it is based on correct measurement of capital consumption in each tax period, which has become less and less reliable owing to the increased importance of intangibles in the value of companies.
Large deficits shift the bill for today’s consumption to future generations and can crowd out private investment, thereby slowing the improvement of living standards.
Deficits are problematic if they finance consumption, not productive public investment on infrastructure.
For China, rebalancing and slower growth go hand in hand – and yield the additional benefits of less intensive resource demand, a more subdued rise in energy consumption, and related progress in addressing environmental pollution and income inequality.
To achieve this, however, we need clear and simple information to guide consumption decisions.
As part of the Sustainable consumption and production Action Plan, adopted by the European Commission last July, we supported the establishment of a Retail Environmental Forum among producers and retailers in Europe.
Anticipating falling prices, households could postpone their consumption decisions, and companies could defer investment, pushing the economy into a downward spiral from which it would be very difficult to escape.
Indeed, America's intricate trade relations with the rest of the world – which place households and companies on both sides of the production and consumption equation – make it particularly difficult to stimulate significant political support for protectionism there.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development commits countries to achieving sustainable production and consumption patterns (SDG12).
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