The crisis has hurt region's growth and dented sentiment resulting in a drop in consumer demand in the region's countries.
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For the most part, though, Asia's export-driven markets suffered as the outlook for consumer demand in the U.S. and Europe worsened, and as it became apparent that the Chinese growth engine wouldn't be able to pick up the slack.
The stock is down 10% in the last 30 days, with most of the drop coming after Apple reported slowing fourth-quarter revenue and profit growth in late January, further fanning concerns about the company's momentum and consumer demand for its devices.
While companies are willing to pay a premium to tap into Southeast Asia's growing middle class and burgeoning demand for consumer products, Mr. Dhanin's offer isn't cheap.
The figures will be good news for them, but also for the world economy, as China's factory output is indicative of global demand for the country's consumer products.
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Other than noting lost consumer demand, there's no pitch here for more government spending as the solution.
The results further fanned concerns about consumer demand for Apple's devices.
So I think as we move forward on addressing our fiscal challenges, Chinese policy makers know that they can no longer count on the U.S. consumer to provide that demand to the global economy.
It's a testament to the consumer demand for these products and the value proposition they deliver viewers.
In China proper, Chau is betting on companies that can satisfy the country's growing domestic demand and consumer spending.
Much of its success in recent years has been due to exports, and Beijing's initial response to shrinking consumer demand around the world has been to boost this critical sector, which now accounts for about 38% of the Chinese economy, by direct and indirect measures.
In commodity markets, oil futures edged higher, shrugging off a bigger-than-expected increase in U.S. oil inventories that highlighted the weak pace of demand in the world's biggest oil consumer.
With consumer demand weak in the U.S., American businesses are looking to markets abroad to take up the slack.
But since then, questions have been raised about the business model, while the eurozone debt crisis has been blamed for denting consumer demand for some of Groupon's deal.
Japan's exports to the EU have dipped for 17 straight months as the region's sovereign debt crisis continues to hurt consumer demand.
America's labour market is still tight, consumer demand is still strong.
Going forward, we expect their revenue per square foot to further improve driven by a rebound in consumer spending in the U.S. and growing demand at international locations, especially emerging markets in Asia.
Mr. DREVNA: Given where the economy is in general, it would lead me to believe that maybe there's not as much consumer confidence out there and demand may slightly be down, which would hold the prices down.
Even before the crisis, emerging Asia's consumer spending contributed slightly more (in absolute dollar terms) to the growth in global demand than did America's.
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While it's commonplace to look at consumer credit issues from the demand side, he sees it from the supply side.
Coca-Cola has adapted to meet consumer demand, says Rhona Applebaum, the company's Vice President and Chief Scientific Regulatory Officer.
At the same time, India's economic growth has also slowed sharply, denting consumer sentiment and demand.
Mr. Verhoeven said that Samsung's designs changed as phones became more powerful and to meet consumer demand.
Even if the tax cuts fail to stimulate consumer demand, they could force the government to rationalise Italy's notoriously wasteful public sector.
Still, many factories outside the auto industry have been hurt by a slowdown in consumer spending and weaker global growth that has dampened demand for U.S. exports.
Although Acer maintained growth in PC shipments, the Q2 consolidated revenue declined over Q1 due to the worldwide total PC market downturn from Q1 to Q2, and unfavorable economic conditions in Europe, the U.S., China and Asia Pacific that resulted in weaker consumer demand.
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As the U.S. economy stabilizes, consumer discretionary spending is likely to improve, sparking demand for luxuries like travel and entertainment.
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As a result of pent up demand and consumer credit becoming more readily available, the U.S. auto industry has continued to recover in 2011.
The hope is that the package will help stoke consumer demand, which has all but dried up in the country's worst economic crisis in its history.
Demand for gold in India, the world's largest consumer, has increased lately following a steep fall in its price, which hit a two-year low globally in mid-April.
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