The carrot, potentially, at least, is a new loan market and increased consumer activity.

At first blush, the numbers seemed to suggest that consumer activity had begun to pick up.

Some of those channels over time had become disproportionately aligned with consumer activity and subprime customers.

Even though the economy is growing more slowly, Mr. Lewis added, consumer activity generally remains healthy.

Now one of these markets has turned its gaze to a consumer activity that is a favorite discussion topic these days: real estate.

These compromises reflect the consensus view that we need to widen the scale and the proportionate limit of support for consumer activities.

I am delighted about the enormous interest shown by young people who are getting actively involved in various consumer activities.

He is not just calling for more funding, but also for more policy areas to include consumer activities.

The proposal to extend consumer activities to all areas of policy seems completely unrealistic.

The new study comes as other measures of consumer activity suggest that the industry's slide of the last several years might be slowing.