The phrase "consumer capacity" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of economics or business, and is generally used to describe how much a consumer is able to buy or consume. For example, "Due to the current economic situation, consumer capacity has decreased significantly."
"There are at the root level a number of consumer capacities at the Fed, including bank examiners and regulators at the regional banks," Mr. Carpenter said.
In addition, healthcare professionals may at times have (legitimate) concerns regarding consumers' capacity to understand CMI and as such may elect to provide only spoken information.
This study explores how the networked environment of consumer tribes, turned into an online public, can support consumers' capacities to undertake entrepreneurial projects.
(Wednesday) ECONOMIC INDICATORS -- Producer Price Index and retail sales for May (Tuesday); consumer prices, capacity utilization and industrial production for May, and the inventory-to-sales ratio for April (Wednesday); and housing construction for May and jobless claims for the week of June 6-11 (Thursday).
Nobody's using the "R" word as yet, but the consumer's capacity to borrow and spend is drying up as housing takes its dive.
The economic calendar is once again full, with reports on December retail sales, producer and consumer prices, capacity utilization and industrial production.
The characteristics of wholesale markets continue to change as retailing adapts to urban growth, the increasing role of supermarkets and increased consumer spending capacity.
Only in developing countries have consumers the capacity to want more, but as Howard accepted, for that they need buying power, which in turn rests on the global distribution of income and wealth being fairer.
Consumers buy capacity rather than paying for a connection to a copper line or a network.
Natural gas fuel cells and micro turbines offer residential consumers the capacity to disconnect from their local electric distributor, and generate just enough electricity to meet their requirements.
