Sentences with phrase «of consumer spending»

In rough terms, a tax cut of one trillion dollars over ten years will «give back» an amount equal to about one percent of consumer spending annually over that period.

While retail sales have been rather weak, key elements of consumer spending on services, including housing, are growing.

This is one reason why the share of consumer spending going to arts, entertainment, and recreation has been steadily rising over time.

This slowdown corresponds to the recent slower growth of consumer spending.

It's the PS4, however, that had the highest amount of consumer spending (revenue).

The housing cycle is also moving into an upward phase, while the latest indicators of consumer spending point to some rebound from the weakness experienced in the second half of 1996.

In addition to the strength of consumer spending, the prospects are for continued strength in business investment.

But the same logic does not apply to the majority of consumer spending that falls on services.

This will drag down the economy, because home buying drives other areas of consumer spending, like consumer goods, home improvement, and more.

We see this as a fundamental, although often overlooked, driver of consumer spending strength in the years ahead.

What percentage of consumers spend more than 40 % of their income on debt?

So the company decided to become both a source of consumer spending data and the ones to analyze it.

At the macro level, customer satisfaction has been shown to be predictive of both consumer spending and GDP growth.

And worse, this will take place against what looks set to be a drying up of consumer spending.

One: with true debt consolidation, I highly recommend against it when the debt is the result of consumer spending.

It hits on the psychology of consumer spending and reward accumulation.

Like any company, it functions as a product of consumer spending, and as times change (and it doesn't) the cash becomes harder to come by.

This money is being sucked out of consumer spending and that sound is not attractive to say the least.

And there is significant spending growth potential for small business credit and charge cards, as card's share of overall small business spending is much lower than card's share of consumer spending.

As has been the case for some time, the growth of consumer spending has been led by purchases of durable goods.

Consumer credit data tracks debt levels for auto financing and commercial banking credit and are considered a fairly good indicator of consumer spending.

Higher costs of living can lead to downward pressure on all areas of consumer spending.

She notes that 80 percent of consumer spending in the U.S. is influenced by women.

A possible deal with Amazon points to the migration of consumer spending and why brands like Nike need to think differently if they want to continue to generate sales growth.

In the case of Apple, our thought is that this category is incredibly large; in 2014, there was more than $ 200 billion worth of consumer spending on health and fitness services.

Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina is set to consolidate its cheese production in Baciu, Romania, in response to tough market conditions, particularly the lack of consumer spending in the country.

Retail sales rose by 2.7 per cent in January and, although this may have partly reflected a change in the timing of consumer spending around year end, the stronger January level was broadly maintained in February and March.

They included encouraging job and wage growth, sturdy business investment and the resilience of consumer spending despite higher borrowing costs and Canadians» heavy debt loads.

«[The slump] was partly triggered by the start of a more subdued phase of consumer spending, with increased household stress pushing back the recent gains of several years of high employment and improved purchasing power over much of 2016,» said Raj.

How redirecting even 10 percent of consumer spending from chains to local small businesses can boost local economies and create jobs.

«Datalogix solved this [problem] by... building a $ 2 trillion database of consumer spending and connecting it to top digital publishers and ad - tech companies,» Roza says.

That's according to the results of the 30th annual Deloitte survey of consumer spending trends for the holidays, released Tuesday.

According to the survey, the top concerns of small business owners over the next year are the effectiveness of government leaders, commodities prices, healthcare costs, recovery of consumer spending and the strength of the U.S. dollar.

«While confidence data is encouraging, slower job growth in 2015, deflationary retail prices and the mix of consumer spending somewhat shifting toward big ticket items and services, as well as the wild card in our government spending debates, will all contribute to the slower growth rate of sales expected for the holiday season.»

Both the BEA estimates of consumer spending and of retail sales shows that online purchases have been growing faster than other areas over the past decade and that online prices have been falling one to two percentage points per year.

While there has been some weakness in the higher - frequency consumer data, I view high consumer confidence as consistent with the fundamental underpinnings of consumer spending that I discussed a moment ago, and suggestive that what we are seeing now will turn out to be a pause by consumers after a very strong fourth quarter.

Developments in household income and wealth remain supportive of consumer spending, and the substantial income tax cuts and increases in government benefit payments implemented recently will provide further support in that area.

Much of the weakness centered on auto sales, which fell by 1.2 % in March, marking the third consecutive monthly weakening, and a significant turnaround for a part of the economy that was a solid driver of consumer spending during 2016.

The buoyancy of consumer spending is being supported by rising household wealth, driven in large part by continuing increases in house prices.