It would boost consumers' purchasing power and squeeze corporate profits, which have accounted for most of the increase in China's excessive domestic saving in recent years.
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One reason the strengthening of the yuan will play into the hands of the Chinese consumer is that a stronger exchange rate cheapens import prices, giving consumers greater purchasing power.
For U.S. companies, going global initially meant developing products in the U.S. and localizing them for European and Japanese markets where local consumers have similar purchasing power.
The ultimate in energy efficiency will come when power producers can turn on and off small substations at a moments notice based on real-time data on energy consumption at a household level, and consumers can make power purchasing decision based on real-time metering of their consumption.
Exactly what will each extra job cost consumers in terms of reduced purchasing power?
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The main goal of the campaign is to make consumers think twice about their purchasing power, said Imran Siddiquee, social media coordinator of MissRepresentation.org.
The San Francisco-based organization founded by Brent Schulkin organizes campaigns that harness the collective purchasing power of consumers to incentivize companies, big and small, to become more socially responsibile.
This year, entrepreneurs have been new sites nearly every week that offer consumers deals at spas, ice cream parlors and corner delis each week by combining the purchasing power of a group of consumers buying a specific deal.
The purchasing power of German consumers and industry is seen as key to the recovery of the region.
"On the demand side, austerity measures and the recessionary environment in Europe will keep the purchasing power of European consumers down, putting pressure on diesel vehicle sales and platinum demand levels, " she said.
Because falling prices make debt more expensive, indebted households would be more anxious to pay off loans, even as other consumers were benefiting from a boost to their purchasing power.
Ms. McQUEEN: The credit industry does give consumers a lot of convenience and a lot of purchasing power, but the downside of it has been this growing problem with fraud and abuse.
Nearly a decade before internet-sensation Groupon gave consumers everywhere an opportunity to leverage the power of group purchasing, a small outfit in Texas provided a massively-scaled up version of this power to many of the largest electric utilities in North America.
When consumers can choose how to balance their taxes through consumption, families have the power to make purchasing decisions that are better for their families.
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