In terms of energy use, peak demand describes a period of simultaneous, strong consumer demand or a period of highest demand in a billing period.

Demand for consumer products typically follows an S curve.

First, the only source of recessions, stagnation, and other aggregate demand failures was inadequate consumer demand.

However, rising demand in consumer countries was a further complicating factor.

The largest component of US aggregate demand the consumer is on ice.

Falling consumer demand need not cause a recession, since other parts of aggregate demand may rise to counteract this effect.

The expansion of business travel has created a consumer demand for such products.

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

Business and consumer confidence are also likely to take a hit, further undermining demand.

It wasn t laws that created online banking it was changed expectations and consumer demand.

That means paying down debt and rebuilding savings, leaving consumer demand mired in protracted weakness.

Instead, the release of pent up consumer demand was literally half that of previous business cycles.

This initiative responds to a strong demand from developing countries.

As with most things in Asia nowadays, China holds the key to supplying Asia s missing consumer demand.

Post crisis sluggishness in US aggregate demand especially consumer demand is likely to persist, denying Chinese exporters the support they need from their largest foreign market.

The key driver of the increase in final sales was a strong rise in consumer spending.

This is the kind of frugally engineered product that can create enormous new consumer demand in emerging markets.

Based on consumer demand, he decided that building a small car would be the most practical new venture.

Strong economic performance reflects strong domestic demand in the US, owing to low borrowing costs and rising asset prices.

The reason, of course, is the strong increase in Chinese domestic demand.

Meanwhile, cuts in social and welfare spending are only making things worse, as employment and consumer demand fall further.

But what we have seen since 2007 is an overshooting of the contraction in consumer demand and domestic investment.

First, services growth is beginning to tap a new source of labor income generation, the mainstay of consumer demand.

China's demand for iron ore has remained strong, leading to temporary local shortages.

Thus, India s high growth rates will have to remain dependent on strong domestic demand.

Not this time. The record plunge in consumer demand during the Great Recession has been followed by persistently subpar consumption growth.

The secret to a strong economy is to invest in education, strengthen household incomes with a decent minimum wage and strong unions, and raise skill levels, thereby generating sustained consumer demand. This, Reich argues, is the virtuous cycle that we see in strong economies such as Germany, in which workers are highly skilled and educated, unions are protected, and the middle class has leisure and money to spend.

One of the first concepts to which an economics student is exposed in a basic macro course is pent up consumer demand.

But how can domestic demand be strong if income continues to flow to the top?

This approach allows higher consumer electricity prices to be phased in gradually, yet establishes strong, immediate incentives for adopting solar power.

Warnings about irrational market exuberance were largely ignored, especially as US consumer spending helped fuel strong growth across the global economy.

Traditional consumer policy, which focuses on correcting market failures, needs to be supplemented by a modern consumer policy that looks to the future to influence the demand side of the market, leading it towards more sustainable behavior.

Indeed, more recently, the credit restrictions that were implemented at the end of 2010 have been loosened in order to stimulate consumer demand.

The dramatic improvement in demand in 2002 2004 did of course provide an incentive to add capacity, particularly in countries where continued strong demand growth was foreseen.

From the first quarter of 2008 through the second period of 2009, consumer demand fell for six consecutive quarters at a 2.2 annual rate.

As demand falls, businesses will reduce production, leading to lower employment and incomes, which in turn will lead to further cuts in consumer spending.

Even countries ranked toward the bottom of global corruption indices for example, Russia and Nigeria boasted soaring middle class populations and rising consumer demand.

Strong global demand, owing to emerging economies like China, has undoubtedly fueled some of the price increase.

So, even as economic conservatives demand spending cuts, there are strong forces pushing in the other direction.

Over the last 18 quarters, annualized growth in real consumer demand has averaged a mere 0.7 , compared to a 3.6 growth trend in the decade before the crisis erupted. Never before has the American consumer been this weak for this long.

Weak demand especially the post crisis collapse in consumer spending growth is a far more likely culprit than China in explaining the recent hiring shortfall.

Over most of the postwar period, this post recession release of pent up consumer demand has been a powerful source of support for economic recovery.

Low long term interest rates have kept the region s debts manageable, while high consumer demand has helped bid up prices for the region s commodity exports.

Finally, resource intensive developing countries may benefit from strong projected relative demand for commodities in the medium term.

Sovereign obligations, such as bonds, are commonplace in the capital markets, and demonstrate strong investor demand and confidence.