Consumer demand has been the main factor responsible for lower prices in retailing.

We had deflation during the Depression, but that was collapse of the money supply, collapse of consumer confidence, a completely different phenomena.

The result has been a sharp fall in consumer confidence the German index of consumer sentiment was small but positive in November 2000 it has since fallen to 20, the sharpest decline in the euro area.

You put them all together, you mix them up in a bouillabaisse, and you have consumer confidence that's basically a ticking time bomb.

CAMBRIDGE After a double dip recession and an extended period of stagnation, the eurozone is finally seeing green shoots of recovery. Consumer confidence is rising.

And loss of confidence, by discouraging consumption and investment, can be a self fulfilling prophecy, causing the economic weakness that is feared. Significant drops in consumer confidence indices in Europe and North America already reflect this perverse dynamic.

Government revenues depend on the value of domestic output, not only consumption. Though lower oil prices depress consumer prices, they should boost production and overall GDP.

Some countries have bucked the global trend. Indonesia, for example, has experienced accelerating growth, with rising business and consumer confidence boosting investment to almost 33 of GDP.

The economy is also set for a boost from surging demand for British goods thanks to the weak pound, which will offset some of the lower consumer spending.

The world s housing, oil, and stock markets have been plunged into turmoil in recent months. Yet consumer confidence, capital expenditure, and hiring have yet to take a sharp hit.

The expected increase in exports will sustain domestic demand in both countries, and the manageable level of inflation that is predicted may sustain consumer confidence, thereby gradually increasing investment.

Being a retailer, it is a play on the belief that this middle class that's growing will continue to grow, that the boom and the confidence in consumer spending will continue.

In the advanced countries, the fall in asset values and, more generally, fear of what comes next has shattered consumer and business confidence. Consumption is dropping, and companies are cutting investment.

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A spike in long term rates would lower the price of JGBs, destroying household wealth and, in turn, reducing consumer spending. The higher interest rates would also apply to corporate bonds and bank loans, weakening business investment.

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But because reform in Europe is usually only discussed, the benefits fail to materialize people work harder only when they are sure that tax rates are actually cut, and in financial markets the positive effects of lower government spending do not come before any reform is approved. In the meantime, as politicians debate and do nothing, consumer confidence falls, economic performance worsens, and the consensus needed to get reforms approved in the first place vanishes.

If one accounts for consumer goods expenditure on imports, that 10 appreciation would lower inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), by just 0.5 percentage points in the first two quarters. And that is likely to be an upper bound, because it assumes that US retailers will pass through to consumers the full amount of any increase in import prices.

Interestingly, France is the only large Euro area country where consumer confidence is growing (from 24 a year ago to 13 today). The reason is simple as the 2006 elections approach, reforms have been shifted off the political agenda.

The consumer is demanding it.

If a government does not have the will to adopt a reform program, then the best thing it can do is stop talking about reform altogether. This may start happening in Germany and for the same reason consumer confidence remains lackluster.

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If the central bank cannot lower interest rates further to stimulate the economy, what will stop a potential downward spiral of prices? Such worries undermine confidence and make it harder to boost economic activity.

The core consumer price index, to be released next week, is expected to show a year on year increase of just 1.7 or even less, if the lower oil price feeds through from headline to core CPI. And real wage growth stands at less than 2 , which is below the level deemed necessary by the Fed to underpin a sustainable acceleration in consumer spending.

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This is a much bigger downswing than was recorded in the overall consumer confidence indices. The decline occurred over the better part of a decade, as we began to see the end of debt driven overexpansion, and accelerated with the latest debt crisis.

Trade is just one among the many linkages between the US and European economies that matter. In today s inter connected global economy, uncertainty about the US economic outlook increases one day, and Dutch consumer confidence, for example, takes a tumble the next.

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