It also said personal consumption in the third quarter fell 1.7 percent.

From 1991 to 1994, consumption of light dairy products alone fell about 35 percent.

By 2013, wages have hit a 25-year low and consumption has fallen to the level of 1950.

Canadian health researchers think consumption did fall because of the taxes.

Consumption by households, which accounts for more than half the economy, fell 1.3 percent.

Per capita consumption fell to 3,274 cigarettes a year in 1986, down from 3,836 five years earlier.

Investment and consumption both fell sharply, the latter by some 10 percent.

Consumption fell by almost 6 percent in January alone.

Economists recognize that when consumption falls behind production, nothing good can follow.

One month later, consumption has fallen by 27% and exports have halved.