Sentence examples for consumer upturn from inspiring English sources

But both Guy and Mould fear it may be a long time before the people who come through their doors are able to make ends meet; and if rising real wages fail to materialise, the consumer upturn could prove short-lived.

"The consumer upturn will be given a boost from real wages and rising employment, while investment is finally kicking in".

"They are simply starting to unwind an accumulation of savings that had reached an excess level".France's political leaders are certainly not benefiting from the consumer-led upturn.

Barring a change of heart or a wild, consumer-driven financial upturn, it looks as if Dell is out of the consumer PC business and is turning its Sauron-like eye towards the enterprise – the one place where people upgrade their PCs at least once a year.

The consumer-driven chip upturn from late 2002 through 2004 followed by a mini-uptick in front of the 2007-2008 disasthe–was the flipside of the higher value-added, enterprise-fueled 1990s, a decade that itself followed major industry-wide restructuring during the preceding half-dozen years.

And shopkeepers are pessimistic about an immediate upturn in consumer spending, despite a sharp rise in business and investor confidence in recent months.

"Until there is an improvement in labor market conditions," Ms. Franco said, "there is not likely to be a significant upturn in consumer confidence".

But the detail of the OBR's forecasts show that it has also resulted from an increasingly buoyant housing market, and an upturn in consumer spending.

But Martin Shannon, a 31-year-old bookseller from south Dublin, said he had already noticed an upturn in consumer demand even before the country left the bailout.

This pace of growth of retail sales is unlikely to persist, but a further upturn in consumer confidence, an improving labour market, rising house prices and greater confidence that interest rates will stay low for longer should all help ensure that consumer spending plays a role in helping to sustain the economic recovery in coming months.

Separate data showing that industrial output in the euro zone grew twice as fast as expected in November, offered a glimmer of hope that the rest of the euro zone might soon catch up But a 0.5 percent increase in consumption by German households provided little sign of the strong upturn in consumer spending that struggling economies are hoping for as they look to increase their exports.