As household budgets have shrunk, better-off Yemenis have had less to give their poorer neighbours.
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Imagine the impact on household budgets in America and Europe if we could access ultra cheap motoring.
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But lately, a growing number of people looking to trim household budgets appear to be discovering them.
The reason competition is tougher is not just the growth of India and China, or lower household budgets.
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And now rising unemployment and tighter household budgets may spell trouble for those dealing in other securitized debts.
Discretionary purchases like jewelry are typically among the first to be snipped from household budgets during tough economic times.
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At my firm, we work with a broad range of clients and we see a lot of household budgets.
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Just like a year ago, promotions and discounts remain crucial given the high unemployment rate and tight household budgets.
"Economic conditions remain challenging, maintaining the pressure on household budgets, " Mr Hill said.
Now as inflation percolates and affects the household budgets of Americans, the Fed has a delicate balancing act to walk.
Analysts say more government spending on such social programs will be required to free up household budgets for consumer spending.
The greater fragility of household budgets revealed by the new figures suggests that the consumer slowdown is likely to persist.
Some families last year couldn't afford even to maintain the same contributions as the prior year amid tight household budgets.
There's been a lot of hand-wringing this year about the rising cost of food and how this is squeezing household budgets.
But supporters argue there is another upside, saying that the cost of maintaining clunkers also is a drain on household budgets.
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But lower unemployment should ease the squeeze on household budgets that has been going on for the past two years, it said.
He said cutting VAT would have "an immediate impact" on household budgets.
And since gasoline represents a greater share of lower-income household budgets, higher gas prices translate into relatively greater cuts in their discretionary spending.
Volumes increased 1% in North America, however overall the company reported flat growth domestically as U.S. consumers continue to cut items from their household budgets.
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Sainsbury's deal, available on nappies and white crusty bread, was well received and was launched to allow customers flexibility to stretch their household budgets further.
Despite a tax-cutting package last year, which made time worked over the legal 35-hour week tax-free, voters have not felt the benefit in their household budgets.
They exclude services, the fastest-growing item in many household budgets.
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The increase is too small to warrant the term stagflation, which plagued Western economies in the 1970s, but it will add to the pressure on household budgets next year.
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Some of this may be due to increased spending in the first months of the year, after the payroll tax cuts had provided a momentary spending injection in household budgets.
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The four states in which gasoline costs eat up the biggest piece of household budgets Mississippi, New Mexico, Wyoming and Alabama all fall within the bottom third of the nation in gas taxes.
Mr Krantz, of Manchester Coalition Against Cuts, said the plans meant working people "face further cuts to their household budgets as pay and benefits have been set at below inflation levels".
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And this has allowed industry, which unsurprisingly is against the introduction of a minimum price, to claim it is sticking up for Joe Public at a time when household budgets are already stretched.
And although interest rates and house prices have risen, the cost of servicing a mortgage, the biggest charge on most household budgets, accounts for a smaller share of income than the historical average.
The Exxon CEO conceded that high gasoline prices "have put a strain on Americans' household budgets, " but nonetheless defended his firm's huge profit, explaining that petroleum earnings "go up and down" from year to year.
In 2008 domestic spending was squeezed by higher prices for oil and food (which account for a much higher share of household budgets than in other countries) and by tighter monetary policies, aimed at curbing inflation.
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