In Brazil’s major cities a consumer boom is under way.

There's a consumer boom and travel is part of the plan.

His sales success mirrors the consumer boom as Iraq has crawled its way out of civil war.

The end of the consumer boom in the rich West has slashed demand for all the stuff it makes.

"A consumer boom in China would have a much smaller spillover impact on the rest of the world," he said.

The economy is expected to shrink almost 5 percent this year after the credit crunch stopped a consumer boom.

At the same time, the long consumer boom has led to an increase in the volume and diversity of products being imported.

However, inflation remains a threat to the consumer boom.

That sparked a pre-crisis consumer boom, but today the story is much different.

Retail sales are growing at their fastest rate since the peak of the consumer boom in early 2008.

The Western consumer boom was focussed on the individual.

I note that Germany, which did not have a housing or consumer boom, is suffering falling house prices.

This is not a recipe for a consumer boom – that is years away.

It points to the consumer boom, job creation and pension increases as signs of better living standards.

As recently as last year, a brief consumer boom kept spirits high.

Few in Argentina, which is enjoying a consumer boom, are worried about inflation.

The last five months, six months, there's been a mini consumer boom.

But relying on a consumer boom is foolhardly for a much deeper reason.

Metals production, the food sector and machine building are also major contributors to growth, which has led to a significant consumer boom.

America’s consumer boom and widening trade deficit, which powered much of Asia’s growth over the past decade, has come to an end.

Russian banks are best placed to benefit from the consumer boom, he says, while real estate is recovering.

The Iranian consumer boom is back, as well.

If no inflation adjustment is used, there was no consumer boom this decade.

The consumer boom may have ended in 2008, but the value of many of these items has persisted, if not increased.

Inflation has been a persistent problem as growth surges, fueled by a consumer boom.