Shultz recommends a 10% across-the-board cut in income taxes, thus strengthening purchasing power, increasing corporate profitability and encouraging investment.
Hopley said: "While the headline movement was positive, the story behind the index is a familiar one – decent domestic demand driven by consumers with strengthening purchasing power, contrasting with persistent challenges in getting exports moving and weak demand for investment goods in the oil and gas sector.
The breaking of the renminbi's de facto peg to the dollar means the currency is likely to appreciate in value, making Chinese exports somewhat less competitive in the global marketplace but strengthening the purchasing power of Chinese consumers.
Ideas abound for how to move Greece away from a focus on "sun and sand" holidays into higher-value areas like cruising and yachting.Some even think that tourism could be one of the very few industries to benefit from a Greek exit, as a weaker drachma sends prices falling and strengthens the purchasing power of visitors.
Los Angeles provides a good illustration of how unions strengthen worker purchasing power and the economy.
Finally, considerable challenges remain in relation to strengthening the purchasing role of the NHIS, and also settling debates about its structure and accountability.
Mr. Fujisaki said that actions today by the Bank of Japan should strengthen consumer purchasing in Japan.
In a weak economy, the purchase strengthened Millman's hand, Mr. Millman said, by eliminating competition from Weyerhaeuser as a distributor in two markets — Kansas City, Kan., and Wichita.
Other minor accomplishments included passing a purchasing law, strengthening strip mining regulations, and improving benefits for teachers.
Last year, almost three million people arrived during the festival, their purchasing power strengthened by widespread price reductions on shopping and hotels -- on top of an already near-total absence of taxes and the fact that merchants can import foreign products with very few duties or tariffs.
