The phrase "a separate consumer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing distinct individuals or entities that engage in consumption, such as in marketing or economics.
Example: "In our study, we identified a separate consumer segment that prefers eco-friendly products over traditional ones."
Alternatives: "an individual consumer" or "a distinct consumer".
But the drop was foreshadowed by a sharp decline in a separate consumer sentiment index released last week.
But the proposal is less popular with the House of Representatives, which has passed a bill with a separate consumer agency.
Mr. Bernanke strongly supports putting the Fed in charge of risk regulation, but he and Fed officials are resisting Mr. Obama's plan for a separate consumer regulatory agency.
The results echoed a separate consumer survey by the University of Michigan and Reuters, which reached a 16-year low in March.
No bank — and no bank leader — is showing more confidence on Wall Street or in Washington, where JPMorgan is aggressively fighting moves to create a separate consumer protection agency and seeking exemptions from derivatives rules.
By creating a separate consumer price index tailored to their needs, retirees wouldn't see the buying power of their Social Security checks shrink in the face of higher Medicare premiums or other expenses.
In a separate report, consumer spending fell 1.8percentt in September, the Commerce Department said.
A separate AlixPartners' consumer survey found 22.5percentt of Americans are "likely" to purchase a plug-in electric vehicle as their next car.
The plan would involve a complex series of spinoffs and tracking stocks to create separate consumer, business, wireless and broadband operations.
Notably, health knowledge and the data required to use such knowledge are inordinately complex, making it difficult, if not impossible, to completely separate consumer use of information from the need for a trusted relationship with a provider; consumers can manage their own investment portfolios, but they are unlikely to become their own doctors.
310k June 26 , 2014And separate consumer spending figures showed that personal incomes rose by 0.4% in May.
