consumer
Example Sentences
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Several consumer categories - many of which are exposed to tariffs - saw a drop-off in spending at the end of 2025.
From BBC
“While some affluent households continued to spend freely through the holidays, most consumers were far more judicious and relied increasingly on credit and savings drawdowns to sustain outlays.”
From MarketWatch
“LNG exports have motivated U.S. production growth and productivity improvements that exert downward price pressures and benefit American consumers,” Dean Foreman, chief economist of the Texas Oil & Gas Association, wrote last year in a study.
Plus, the store is meeting a real consumer need.
US retail sales showed no growth in December, according to delayed government data released Tuesday, missing analysts' expectations amid heightened scrutiny of the American consumer's appetite -- a key driver of the world's biggest economy.
From Barron's
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