consumption
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China said its economy began the year on a steady footing, providing leaders room to try to shift the country’s growth engine toward consumption.
Theories to explain the historic drop range from an influx of federal funding to stepped-up police enforcement, along with longer-term societal shifts, like reduced alcohol consumption and increased time spent alone.
While gas price spikes generally don’t do much damage to consumption, prolonged higher energy prices do.
From Barron's
Theories for the decline include federal funding, increased police enforcement, reduced alcohol consumption and a return to normal routines postpandemic.
Because the approach avoids heavy metals, harsh reaction conditions and lengthy synthesis pathways, it could also reduce toxic waste and energy consumption in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
From Science Daily
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