Higher consumer spending will increase demand for services, such as housing, retailing and haircuts, which consumers favour, and which cannot be traded across borders.

更高的消费者支出将会促进服务业的需求，比如房地产，零售业和美发业，后者深受消费者喜好，并且无法跨境交易。

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However, the Commerce Department said this was "partially offset" by higher consumer spending, which rose 2.2% during the quarter, after falling 4.3% in the last three months of 2008.

然而，商务部却声称这是与消费者消费的“部分抵消”。而消费者消费本年度第一季度增长了2.2%，去年最后一个季度却下降了4.3%。

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In contrast, consumer spending is almost certainly much higher and growing faster than official figures suggest.

反之，消费者消费肯定比官方数字表明的要高，增长更快。

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The Fed chief spoke amid word of higher U.S.consumer spending, which rose 1.3 percent in August the biggest jump in nearly eight years.

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If China can lower inflation, and we see some higher consumer spending, then that can bring us back.

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This is because changing demographics mean that an ever-higher share of consumer spending is being done by the affluent over-45s.

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Better jobs numbers and higher consumer confidence would mean more spending and a willingness by the consumer to finance larger ticket items through credit.

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