"Although vibrant household consumption is vital to the economy's well-being, we must remember that the UK's economic growth remains unbalanced and is too reliant on consumer spending," he said.
But while Spain's unemployment rocketed, Italy's large protected core workforce, and its vibrant underground economy, provided a consumption buffer while smoothing the unemployment shock.
But the retail statistics, although softer than forecasts, were seen as vibrant enough to suggest that consumption in the fourth quarter of 2010, while not as robust as previously thought, would contribute to gross domestic product.
For China's people and its trading partners, consumption has long been the missing link in an otherwise vibrant economy.
Outside of its vibrant but tiny DIY underground, this has chiefly been a city of consumption, not creativity.
"We want to have a vibrant economy where fossil fuels, where any type of energy development or consumption, as a leading economic indicator, says, 'This is a robust country,' " he said.
Although shot glasses look prettier and allow you to see the vibrant colors of the Jello, paper cups allow for easier Jello shot consumption as they can be turned inside out.
The new policies aim to spur higher-value exports, to target vibrant emerging markets, to open many sectors for private investors, and to promote consumption-led growth rooted in rising middle-class incomes.
Or take "vibrant", increasingly an estate-agent spin for noisy areas with a certain kind of cultural consumption.
LBM's general manager Martin McCreight said: "Belfast is a young and vibrant city and plenty of people here enjoy the 'craic' - often this is associated with alcohol consumption.
