Economists watch retail sales closely because consumer demand drives about 70 percent of U. S. economic activity.

经济学家密切关心出售数据是因为美国大约70 % 的经济活动受消费者需求的推动。

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China, in fact, is second only to the U. S. as a consumer of electricity and has the fastest growing energy demand in the world.

中国，在事实上，是仅次于美国作为一个消费者供电，并已最快的能源需求的增长世界。

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And this demand trend for individuation, self-exhibition and self-contentment is, explained by the theory of consumer psychology, the pursuit and exhibition of consumer' s self-concept.

而这种对个性化、自我表现、自我满足的需求趋势从消费者心理学角度来解释，则是消费者对自我概念的追求和展示。

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So it's a tough economy and you'd say, "Well geez, I want to do a startup. Is there going to be an investment out there? Well geez, I want to sell to customers and they're going to need to buy equipment to do things, or geez I want to appeal to advertisers, and there's got to be a consumer demand out there."

因此经济愈发不景气，你们会说“天哪，我想要卷土重来,会有人给我投资吗？,我想向人们出售产品,他们会需要买些设备来做事的，哦天哪，我想向广告商招标，总会有消费者需求的“

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The crisis has hurt region's growth and dented sentiment resulting in a drop in consumer demand in the region's countries.

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While companies are willing to pay a premium to tap into Southeast Asia's growing middle class and burgeoning demand for consumer products, Mr. Dhanin's offer isn't cheap.

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The figures will be good news for them, but also for the world economy, as China's factory output is indicative of global demand for the country's consumer products.

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