consumption
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“The most significant contributor to slower consumption growth is the deterioration of the labor market,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Global oil demand is now expected to move into contraction instead of growth this year, the IEA said in its report, noting that the Iran war has ”thoroughly upended” the global outlook for oil consumption.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
The upshot of Tuesday’s producer price data is that key PPI components that feed into the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the personal consumption expenditures price index, were more mixed than expected.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Traditionally, research has focused on high fat consumption as the main driver of weight gain.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
The dread of tuberculosis was in every home then, because there was not a family that had not lost one of its members to consumption, so Clara decided to go and fetch her.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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