Other questions covered topics including the effects of the Autumn Statement on jobs and skills in the green economy, the Green Investment Bank and reducing energy demand in households.

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The willingness of households to pile up debt buttressed the growth in consumption and overall demand during the past few years.

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Stronger currencies would also shift growth from exports to domestic demand and increase households' real spending power and help ward off protectionists in the West.

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The Tara Duncan animated series, which was produced by Moonscoop, Disney and M6, is now also available to some 40 million digital cable television households in the U.S on the Kabillion Girls Rule Video on Demand channel.

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It sketched out a bleak scenario in which, for example, a rise in the price investors demand for holding risky assets in capital markets could make it harder and more expensive for companies and households to borrow.

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They can reduce demand if they move in with relatives because then they will contribute to a decrease in the total number of households.

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