A consumer economy describes an economy driven by consumer spending as a high percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), as opposed to other major components...

expenditure (HFCE) which represents consumer spending in nominal terms. A large (and especially larger than the whole economy (100% GDP)) percentage typically...

Thus, the Act has enabled us as consumers to have the right to represent in the consumer courts. In an economy, a consumer buys goods or services primarily...

family and consumer sciences (often shortened to FCS or FACS), is a subject concerning human development, personal and family finances, consumer issues,...

organization of a society. Consumerism has been criticized by both individuals who choose other ways of participating in the economy (i.e. choosing simple...

Consumer confidence is an economic indicator that measures the degree of optimism that consumers feel about the overall state of the economy and their...

towns. FMCGs play a large part in the economy, as they are inelastic products that touch every part of consumer life. Businesses that supply FMCGs to...

had to impact the global economy, to be France, China and India in national exports. Capitalism Commercialism Consumer economy Conspicuous consumption...

In the economies of modern consumer societies phase there is a growing part played by services, finance, and technology—the knowledge economy. In modern...

confident people feel about the economy and their jobs and incomes, the more likely they are to make purchases. Declining consumer confidence is a sign of slowing...

the adjustment of the economy. Tax policies designed by governments affect consumer groups, net consumer spending and consumer confidence. Economists...

A market economy is an economic system in which the decisions regarding investment, production, and distribution to the consumers are guided by the price...

from the original producers to the final consumers within local, regional, national or international economies. The diversity in the distribution of natural...

(e.g. granting a loan), or they may consist of goods or services (e.g. consumer credit). Credit encompasses any form of deferred payment. Credit is extended...

complex financial puzzle, titled "Asset prices in a heterogeneous consumer economy." During his early professional years, he taught economics at Columbia...

planning. The Soviet economy was characterized by state control of investment, prices, a dependence on natural resources, lack of consumer goods, little foreign...

The economy of the People's Republic of China is a developing mixed socialist market economy, incorporating industrial policies and strategic five-year...

Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer...

in output than market economies during the same period. Critics of planned economies argue that planners cannot detect consumer preferences, shortages...

Gilmore describing the next economy following the agrarian economy, the industrial economy, and the most recent service economy. Joseph Pine II and James...

increasingly prevalent, as consumer products are embedded with digital services and devices. According to the WEF, 70% of the global economy will be made up of...

capitalist economy of the United States. During the 20th century, market goods came to dominate American life, and for the first time in history, consumerism had...

The consumer movement is an effort to promote consumer protection through an organized social movement, which is in many places led by consumer organizations...

decision-making between the production of capital goods and consumer goods in the economy in the face of scarce resources. In this regard, the critical...

A consumer price index (CPI) is a price index, the price of a weighted average market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households. Changes...

The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also...

The theory of consumer choice is the branch of microeconomics that relates preferences to consumption expenditures and to consumer demand curves. It analyzes...

Consumer goods in the Soviet Union were usually produced by a two-category industry. Group A was "heavy industry", which included all goods that serve...

the basket of consumer goods used to define the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It is a sample of goods and services, offered at the consumer market. In the...

exchange economy. Assuming that each consumer has a certain amount of initial resources (endowment) that can be used for exchange, and every consumer has their...