Sentence examples for figures for consumer from inspiring English sources

However, this week's figures for consumer price inflation were ammunition for those arguing that the economy is converging on the euro area.

Most retailers refuse to release specific sales figures for consumer electronics purchases during the Thanksgiving weekend, loath to annoy suppliers or give competitors insights.

Weary of negative news, the latter explanation is a tempting way to make sense of the numbers, but the gloomy view is equally valid.Consider, too, the figures for consumer confidence in Britain.

The Office of Fair Trading has published figures for consumer detriment across the economy of £6.6bn pa, and demonstrated in this that professional and financial services generated 46% of total financial loss.

The announcement differs notably from Apple's corresponding release from January 2013, when it revealed that iOS users had downloaded nearly 20bn apps in 2012, but gave no figures for consumer spending for that year, although it did say that total payouts to developers had reached $7bn by the end of 2012.

Overall, the US economy is picking up steam, with recent figures for consumer spending, trade and factory output all strong.

(The comparable figure for consumer desktop computers fell to $825 from $1,250 over the same time period).

The figure for consumer goods — a category that excludes food and cars — is up just 1.2percentthethe smallest gain since early 2002.

The Conference Board reported Tuesday that the preliminary January figure for consumer confidence in the United States had plunged to its lowest level in more than a year, with a decline in expectations leading the way.

Because income goes hand in hand with the cost of living (a paycheck is only worth as much as the amount of groceries, health care and housing costs, and other essentials it can cover), we used numbers from the Council for Community and Economic Research, whose ACCRA Cost of Living Index provides a weighted figure for consumer expenditures in each city.

Sir Alan Budd, chief economic adviser to the Treasury during the recession of the early 1990s, once said that he had been surprised at how poor the official figures were for consumer spending given that the shopping malls appeared to be full of people.