In theory a rise in farm output should boost nutrition by more than a comparable rise in general economic well-being, measured by GDP.
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Like-for-like sales were up 1.9% last month from a year earlier, down from February's 2.7% rise, despite the boost from an early Easter.
Mr Callow said that while a weak yen would help boost profits of exporters, the rise in energy costs "would offset some of those gains".
"We should assume that everyone's focus will shift to the U.S., " Mr. Kamiyama said, adding a further dollar rise and subsequent share boost will hinge on continuing signs of a U.S. economic recovery.
Many companies run "early-bird specials" in March and April, but typically boost their rates in May as temperatures rise.
The good news is a boost in the economy from the sharp rise in spending on public works and a slowdown in bankruptcies among small and medium-sized companies.
Then, as sales rise, there is a big boost to the bottom line, as costs have yet to catch up.
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The rise in building permits also helped boost the LEI, and the Philadelphia Fed Survey had the first positive reading since April.
That rise in purse money has provided a boost to other Tour events as well.
We need to see salaries rise across the board, that will help boost the spending power of consumers.
Tiga said the rise of mobiles and tablets had provided a boost.
Thus, even if house prices do not plummet and interest rates do not rise, but both merely stabilise, the boost to consumer spending will surely fall away.
When supplies come up short, prices will rise, and gold will get a further boost from investment banks that have been selling it short and will be forced to buy it back, she says.
When supplies come up short, prices will rise, and gold will get a further boost from investment banks that have been selling it short lately and will be forced to buy it back, she says.
While in developed countries the aging population and an increasing rate of chronic diseases among the older population will continue to drive demand for nutrition products, the rise of the middle class is likely to boost sales in emerging markets.
The State Council said the government also plans more active policies to boost employment and it will press for a "reasonable" rise in wages for low-income workers.
The rise of such a currency should be a major boost to global economic growth and prosperity, empowering the world economy to trade in currency not subject to inflation, devaluations, and variation in real market value.
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Growth will boost corporate earnings in ways that give stocks a sustainable reason to rise, make the government's debt burden repayable, and stimulate wage growth and consumer confidence.
Since Surowiecki has opened the door to plausible but unproven propositions, let me offer another: If the Fed were to let the incomes of retired savers rise to the free market level, those retirees would boost aggregate demand by spending a significant portion of the increase.
An American slowdown would reduce global inflation and cause other currencies to rise against the dollar, allowing central banks elsewhere to cut interest rates to boost domestic spending.
Given the sheer number of British households that under the Labour government became eligible for tax credits, and given the rise in unemployment, this increase in benefits and tax credits represented a massive boost to households' spending power.
However, a wealth of academic research has shown that when a company opens a plant abroad, demand in its home country gets a boost too: sales by the parent company grow and jobs and exports at home tend to rise.
The recent sharp rise in interest rates may well have been caused by the government's latest spending boost: investors reckoned inflation would surely follow.
BOEING, the world's largest aerospace company, which reported a 30% rise in third-quarter profits this week, has found an unusual new way to boost sales.
In order to dampen the rise in pork prices, China announced in July a series of measures, including subsidies to boost pig supply.
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