Sentences with phrase «robust consumer spending»

Employment growth has been very strong and wages have shown some improvement, supporting robust consumer spending in the third quarter.

The bullish bet is that Trump's plans to cut taxes (corporate and personal), boost spending on defense and infrastructure ($ 1 trillion is a lot of money), and cut regulations (so long, Dodd - Frank) will unleash a glorious cycle of faster GDP growth, leading to surging corporate profits, thus spurring hiring and more robust consumer spending and even - faster growth (lather, rinse, repeat).

Imports of goods also expanded at a firm pace in the second half of 2003, particularly consumption imports, which rose in line with robust consumer spending to be around 12 per cent higher over the year; imports of capital and intermediate goods were also sharply higher over the year.

The company has benefited from robust consumer spending in China despite the worldwide economic downturn.

Robust consumer spending will be necessary just to tread water, and the Bank of Canada hopes consumers will spend slightly more this year.

Japan's economy expanded at an annualised 0.5 percent in the October to December period, posting its longest continuous expansion since the 1980s boom, thanks to robust consumer spending.

Fundamentals Reassert Themselves Ahead of Likely US Rate Rise We fully expect a tightening US labor market and robust consumer spending to progressively push inflation higher — one more reason for the US Federal Reserve (Fed) to commence policy normalization.

Core consumer price inflation rose 1.9 % in the 12 months to the end of September — and we fully expect a tightening labor market and robust consumer spending to progressively push it higher — one more reason for the Fed to commence policy normalization.

Robust consumer spending is typically a friendly factor for the equity market, and may provide a reason to maintain equity exposure, in my view, despite high equity valuations seen over the past year and the lack of any significant market correction.

2002 was the year of the consumer, with many economic soothsayers suggesting that robust consumer spending was the only phenomenon keeping the economy from a double - dip recession.