Another implication is to look at other parts of the market, such as technology stocks, that are less reliant
on household consumption trends.
They found that the carbon footprint
from household consumption among those classified as very rich was 6.4 tons of CO2 per capita per year − nearly four times the national average of 1.7 tons.
Domestic demand was up by 6.8 per cent over the year,
with household consumption, residential investment and business investment all growing rapidly.
The pick - up was driven primarily by increased external demand while domestic demand remained weak, weighed down by
flat household consumption and falling investment spending.
One continuing source of uncertainty is the outlook
for household consumption, although consumption growth picked up in late 2017.
Leading indicators of dwelling investment are consistent with rising activity,
while household consumption and retail trade outcomes have improved recently, consistent with gains in household wealth.
Hungary (now A3) is demonstrating lively economic activity, supported
by household consumption and renewed investments due to flexible credit conditions and EU aid.
First, substantial direct or indirect wealth transfers from the state sector to Chinese households will unleash a surge in
household consumption as household income rises (and because the interest on bank deposits is an important source of income for most middle and lower middle class households, if the authorities reduce interest rates, as struggling borrowers are demanding, China actually moves in the wrong direction).
The value of
total household consumption through the first nine months of 2015 is little changed compared with the same period in 2014, according to StatsCan data.
But the driving force behind growth has been mainly
rising household consumption, Zhou said in remarks published on the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) website on Monday.
The recent step - up in growth has been underpinned by
strong household consumption, which rose by 1.6 per cent in the September quarter, propelled by a sharp increase in disposable income flowing from recent fiscal initiatives.
«According to the UK National Food Survey,
average household consumption of tinned fruit declined during 1975 — 2000, suggesting tinned fruit consumption is less widespread than before», the researchers wrote.
Figures on retail sales also suggested that the weakness in
household consumption seen since early - 2017 had not continued into the December quarter.
Lastly, the elimination of the one - child policy has the potential to
boost household consumption in the short term and to slow China's worsening demographic picture over the longer run.
It contributes to things like the inflation of house prices26, and the conversion of housing equity into money is another driver of
household consumption beyond what the productive economy can fund27.
Moreover, year - ended growth in industrial production picked up from 18.1 per cent in December to 19.4 per cent in March, and
household consumption shows no signs of slowing.
As Adair Turner shows in his new book, Between Debt and the Devil, private sector debt soared as a share of GDP in most advanced economies after the 1980s, fuelling unproductive, debt
financed household consumption, housing bubbles and wasteful financial speculation.
National accounts data show that growth in
real household consumption in the second half of 2003 was 7 per cent on an annualised basis, the strongest pace in over 20 years.
The U.S. recovery is also making the loonie cheaper, which should boost sales of Canadian products abroad and, in turn, help exports propel Canada's growth as the input from the housing market and
household consumption weakens, says Gulati.
That does not mean that both partners have equal control over how money is spent but, relatedly, it has been found that
household consumption decisions are increasingly joint decisions.
This workshop will share the latest scientific findings and practical knowledge on sustainable living and consumption choices, and will address two questions: A) How are
household consumption choices impacting our health (and our children's health in particular) and our environment?
Assuming 178,000 tonnes of nuclear material are contained in worldwide stocks of nuclear fuel and a
per household consumption of 3400 kWh per year, the company claims this could provide enough energy to power the world's households for up to 200 years.
DECC base their analysis of future energy bills on the assumption that energy efficiency measures (for example increased home insulation) will
reduce household consumption of energy — so while prices go up energy bills may remain steady or even go down.
During the 1960s, the expansion in publicly provided services created employment opportunities for women and as men's wage increases started to stall, married women took on part - time jobs in order to
maintain household consumption standards.
Second, the variable parental social class is based on information on both parents» main occupation during the respondent's childhood and we use the principle of dominance to determine which class position to use, the mother's or the father's, to define household class.2 According to Erikson (1984) the dominant class position influences, e.g.,
household consumption patterns, political preferences, and social status.
This has impacted heavily on the women and children who now have to walk further to fetch water
for household consumption from different water points where they scramble for the meager resource with livestock.