In recent years large increases in house prices and household borrowing have given a strong boost to consumer spending.
Remarks by European Central Bank president, Wim Duisenberg, that foreign exchange intervention was a possibility, and that European growth remained robust failed to provide a strong boost.
Exempting them from the congestion charge seems odd: they still take up space on the roads, and Britain's eye-watering petrol taxes give a strong boost to greener cars already.
The strong currency may boost productivity by making imported machinery and software cheaper.
General Motors (GM) said strong pricing helped boost earnings to 93 cents per share, easily topping estimates of 85 cents per share.
Congress faced strong pressure to boost the debt-ridden flood insurance program, which is the primary option for that type of coverage for U.S. homeowners and businesses.
Cost cutting and strong sales helped to boost gross margin by 190 basis points to 43%.
The analyst believes Cummins will continue to use technology and its strong balance sheet to boost market share.
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Analysts say the surprisingly strong response is a boost to GM's turnaround plan.
The strong report could help boost the beleaguered tech sector that has led the market lower over the last several week.
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Even the strong results failed to boost the weak outlook for energy stocks as Halliburton shares fell by almost 8% yesterday.
"The industry needed a boost and strong competition in the last quarter helped registrations top the previous year, making 2000 the third highest on record, " said SMMT's chief executive Christopher Macgowan.
It worried that policy-making was stuck as former finance secretary Espiritu (who wanted easy money and strong public spending to boost growth) skirmished with central bank chief Rafael Buenaventura (who wanted to curb the budget deficit and keep the peso steady).
Along with the cheaper oil, European stocks are also getting a boost from the strong profits being reported by several big carmakers, including Volkswagen, Peugeot and Fiat.
Shares were also boosted by Friday's reports of a bigger-than-expected increase in consumer sentiment for May and by recent strong housing starts, which boost demand among contractors for new pickups.
The strong currency has helped to boost purchasing power, especially that of poorer Brazilians for whom lower food prices are a particular boon (as is a government anti-poverty programme that reaches 11m families).
We expect strong demand for our services to boost our financial performance in our fourth quarter.
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International sales now account for 61% of the company's total, while a strong UK performance in December helped boost the figures, said Mr Robertson.
Most growth sectors have strong exports--given a boost by the weak greenback--but they also tend to require capital and skilled labor that developing-nation manufacturers can't muster.
That means structural reforms to raise productivity, fiscal reforms to boost growth and a strong monetary stimulus, all at once, to shock the economy back to life.
The margin boost was mainly attributable to strong sales growth, which kept revenue per square foot high.
We believe that strong offshore drilling could help the firm boost its North American revenues and margins sequentially.
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South Korea's LG Group has announced plans to increase investment, in an attempt to boost its market share amid strong competition.
Shares received a further boost after the company reported strong first quarter 2012 earnings results, which included a 15.3% positive earnings surprise and a solid guidance.
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The jewelry company missed on the boost that another company with strong holiday sales, Sears, got after it reported better-than-expected December sales due to its Kmart operations.
The strong increase in the jobs figures provided a boost to the markets.
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Strong demand for offshore drilling helped the firm to boost the utilization rate of its fleet.
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