And consumer electronics production has mostly shifted abroad.

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The loss of power is compounded by a loss of consumer confidence, both at home and abroad.

ECONOMIST: The world economy

Access to goods manufactured abroad and raw materials from overseas guarantees consumer choice and competitive prices.

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It's fashionable to knock any stock tied to the consumer or doing a big part of its business abroad.

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Borker has been the subject of hundreds of consumer complaints filed with the Federal Trade Commission and other consumer protection agencies by victims across the United States and in countries abroad.

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Some pundits agonise that profit growth built on the impoverishment of workers at home and the export of jobs abroad as firms outsource operations to China and India cannot be sustained: consumer confidence will fall, demand will plummet and profits will collapse.

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With consumer demand weak in the U.S., American businesses are looking to markets abroad to take up the slack.

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