When the stock market raises its prices, the consumer starts buying.

America's consumers are starting to cut back their spending, slowing the rate of the economy's expansion.

"They don't want to get to the point where consumers start thinking about switching to other fuel sources."

Businesses are looking forward with more confidence and consumers will start buying.

The recession may have been over for more than a year, but consumers are just starting to see signs of economic recovery.

All these features may well persuade consumers to start paying to download music.

Then consumers start to buy it, and you can only say, "Who knew?"

If the economy remains depressed, why should either consumers or businesses start spending?

"Once the consumer starts to pull back, that's when things start to decline."

Now all consumers are starting to take such treatment for granted.