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.

These bottled water companies say they're just meeting consumer demand.

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.

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.

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

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.

This is what we do if, and only if, rising consumer demand requires it.

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

Consumer demand will increase as we shift funds from the military to the civilian sector.

This initiative responds to a strong demand from developing countries.

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

On the demand side, countries must establish appropriate price structures and competitive markets for consumer choices.

It was observed that the current and future world consumer electronics market had strong dynamics.

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

Aggressive military Government actions were taken to suppress consumer demand and restrict land needed to raise crops.

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

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.

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.

Strong and effective energy demand management measures should be put into place.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Such demand must be met with regular flows of imports of prime quality consumer products which will tend to reduce the multiplier effect.

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.

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.

Moreover, there had been no strong pressure or demand for facilities to feed babies in the workplace.

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.

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.