Sentence examples for expense of consumers from inspiring English sources

Producers benefited at the expense of consumers through guaranteed high prices for farmers, buttressed by high tariffs.

But the credit reporting companies have also faced criticism for being overly deferential to creditors at the expense of consumers.

This tit for tat would fuel an arms race in which corporations would profit at the expense of consumers.

Stephanie Cutter, one of Mr. Obama's advisers, wrote a blog post accusing Republicans of standing with the financial industry at the expense of consumers.

But the companies have also drawn criticism for producing the occasional error-riddled report and for deferring to creditors at the expense of consumers.

But so much of the economic potential of the country had been directed into military production for decades, at the expense of consumers.

In reordering the Romanian economy, the party adopted Stalinist principles: rigid central planning and direction, as well as emphasis on heavy industry at the expense of consumer goods.

Even if it did everything else right, Germany's overreliance on exports at the expense of consumer spending has proved a grave weakness in a downturn (see article); its banks also look weak.

"It's about an attempt by LVMH to protect uncompetitive commercial practices at the expense of consumer choice and the livelihood of law-abiding sellers that eBay empowers every day.

While new stadiums might provide a jolt to a very concentrated area of town, that often comes at the expense of consumer spending elsewhere in the region – what economists call the substitution effect.

This speaks to a key deficiency of the TAM, being its focus on cognition at the expense of consumer emotion.