Traditional rules of thumb would suggest that, if current levels are maintained, energy prices alone will drain as much as 1.5 percentage points from consumer spending.
依照传统的经验法则，如果能源价格保持在现有水平，单此一项便会导致消费支出增幅减少1.5个百分点。
The likes of Procter & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive, which are already suffering from weak consumer spending and expensive raw materials, will now have to cope with a mightier dollar as well.
宝洁和高露洁等企业已经尝到了消费支出疲软和原材价格昂贵的苦头，如今不得不应付美元走强带来的问题。
The improved growth comes in part from rising consumer spending, which is the driver of most U.S. economic activity.
经济增长的部分原因是带动大部分美国经济活动的消费者支出增长。
Cities are struggling from the same problems that have left the national economy sputtering: high unemployment, a depressed housing market and weak consumer spending.
失业率居高不下，房地产市场阴云不散，消费者支出也是一路疲软，这三个火枪手使得美国经济和美国城市头痛不已，噩梦连篇。
VAT was cut from 17.5% to 15% in November's pre-budget report in an attempt to kick-start consumer spending.
11月公布的先期预算报告把增值税从17.5%降到了15%，试图重新刺激消费者的支出。
But rather than rising, China's consumer spending has actually plummeted in the last decade as a portion of the overall economy, to about 35 percent of gross domestic product, from about 45 percent.
但是中国的消费者开支在整体经济中的比例十年来不但没有增长，反而有所缩水，从占gdp的45%下滑到35%。
He forecast that consumer spending will grow by between 2% and 2.5% in the January-March quarter, down from 4% in the fourth quarter of 2010.
他预测在1月- 3月这个季度消费支出将增长2%到2.5%，低于2010年第四季度4%的增长率。
About half of that consumer spending comes from housing "rent" -economists' gauge of how much people spend on their homes, whether they're actually rented or owned.
其中大约一半的消费者支出来自住房“租金” - - - - -经济学家对于人们在房屋上的支出的计量，无论他们事实上是否租用或者拥有。
But the biggest threat to growth will probably come from a slowdown in consumer spending, the mainstay of the sustained economic expansion of the past decade.
对增长最大的威胁可能来自消费减缓，而过去十年来消费都是维持经济扩张的主要支柱。
To sustain its catch-up with America, China needs to rebalance its economy away from exports towards consumer spending, which will require a rise in its real exchange rate.
为了持续赶超美国，中国需要将经济由出口拉动调整为消费拉动，这就需要人民币实际汇率提高。
That's 11.2% of total consumer spending, up from 9.3% a decade earlier and only 4% in 1959, adjusted for inflation.
占总消费额的11.2%，在通胀调整后，比十年前的9.3%和1959年的4%高出很多。
Even when the nation began to emerge from the "lost" decade, per capita consumer spending remained virtually flat between 2001 and 2007.
即使是在日本开始从萧条中复苏的时候，在2001年到2007年间，每年的人均消费也保持在一个比较平均的水平。
Despite last month's good news, we believe interest rates will rise further as the US economy slows, and that consumer spending and corporate profits may fall from their current strong levels.
尽管上月的经济消息利好，但美国的经济增长放缓，而消费开支及企业盈利可能由目前的高位回落，我们认为息率将进一步调升。
Slowing, or indeed zero, economic growth is consistent with softness in consumer spending and a downturn in corporate profits from high levels.
经济增长正在放缓，甚至并无增长，与消费开支疲软及企业盈利自高位下滑的趋势一致。
Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the us economy, increased at a rate of 1.9%, down from 2.4% in the previous quarter.
消费支出对于美国至关重要，占到了经济总量的三分之二，本季度消费支出只增长了1.9%，而上季度该数字达到了2.4%。
Wages in Japan have suffered their sharpest drop since tracking began almost two decades ago, fuelling concerns that the economy will remain under pressure from depressed consumer spending.
近二十年的跟踪数据显示，日本工资水平出现最大跌幅，令人更加担心消费者支出低落将继续给经济带来压力。
"Spillovers from housing weakness to broader consumer spending, along with credit-market tightening, are seen as the most likely recession triggers," the report said.
报告称“因为房市原因而产生的无家可归者需要花在消费上的增多，同时信贷市场的紧缩，被认为是导致衰退的最重要原因。”
Mr Cheah says he wants to buy "consumer" stocks because he thinks China will transform itself from an export-led economy to one driven by domestic spending in the next 10 years.
谢清海表示，自己想买“消费类”股票，因为他认为，中国在未来10年将从出口导向型经济、转向内需驱动型经济。
With clever marketing and help from an online spending boom, the Alibaba Group, in less than a decade, turned Nov. 11 into a symbol of the power of the Chinese consumer.
凭借巧妙的营销手段，在网上消费的一波繁荣的推动下，阿里巴巴集团在不到10年的时间里将11月11日变成了中国消费者力量的象征。
The improved growth comes in part from rising consumer spending, which is the driver of most U. S. economic activity.
经济增长的部分原因是带动大部分美国经济活动的消费者支出增长。
The figures from SpendingPulse may mask even greater weakness in consumer spending because they are being compared with a period when revenue was still in the dumps.
消费脉动的数据可能掩饰了消费者实际上支出更弱的能力，因为当收入仍然低下时，他们用同一时期的做对比。
Analysts will pay close attention to any outlook from retailers about consumer spending, which drives two-thirds of the economy.
分析家经常密切关注零售商对消费支出的展望，因为经济的三分之二是由消费支出拉动的。
Analysts will pay close attention to any outlook from retailers about consumer spending, which drives two-thirds of the economy.
分析家经常密切关注零售商对消费支出的展望，因为经济的三分之二是由消费支出拉动的。
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