The government also is fighting deflation shrinking prices for consumer goods and assets.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

The Consumer Electronics Show has an area for companies to demonstrate products that save energy,reduce waste and use recycled materials.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

An industry group, the Financial Services Roundtable, says it supports many of the administration's proposals but not for a consumer protection agency.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

Stephen Baker is the vice president of industry analysis for the consumer electronics market research group NPD.

VOA: special.2010.12.27

Tara Dunion from the Consumer Electronics Association is a spokeswoman for the show which ended Sunday.

VOA: special.2011.01.10

"I don't want to spend more than twenty dollars for a backpack." Consumer spending is seventy percent of the economic activity in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

That's a view shared by Gregory Jaffe at the consumer group, the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

There are both private and public hospitals and it's very consumer driven because most people pay for their own medical care.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

It would also establish a new consumer protection agency that will look out for investors, and not banks.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

Wells Fargo chief economist John Silva said, "For an economist it does reflect some underlying improvement in consumer spending and in business investment.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

Nevertheless,rising confidence is a welcome sign, as consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S.economic activity.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of the U.S.economy and is closely linked to unemployment.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

Consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S.economic activity.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

But recent reports showed U.S.consumer confidence dipping and consumer spending down as government subsidies to purchase new cars have ended and tax credits for first-time home buyers are soon to expire.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

It's completely out of date." Stanley says inconsistencies in the law have made it easier for law enforcement and government agencies to demand that service providers give them consumer data stored on cloud servers.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22