However, there is one exceptional dump, which does represent a very large part of the site's total history of consumption and for which an estimate of quantity has been produced.
Growth in China helped boost incomes in many nations in 2004, but also drove up consumption of natural resources, increased the prices of raw materials, and pushed up pollution levels.
Many policy makers insist that consumer spending is a strong economic catalyst and, therefore, a paucity of retail stores is a contributing factor to low-performing economies.
Gross National Product (GNP). The market value of goods and services produced by labor and property supplied by US residents, regardless of where they are located.
Deep discounts are drawing in customers, but analysts say that may not be enough to offset what's expected to be the worst holiday sale season in decades.
And even if the official Numbers turn out to be right, the prospects for both GDP growth and consumer spending look dire as living standards stagnate because of rising inflation.
The fact is that both the "lending boom" and "consumer demand" are simply the manifestation of monetary inflation, and originate solely from the PBOC's expansion of the money supply.
For me, marketing works for society when the marketer and consumer are both aware of what's happening and are both satisfied with the ultimate outcome.
For the FTC to act, this requires evidence both of substantial consumer harm and that the firm did not have reasonable grounds for failing to implement certain practices.