11.   In an opening statement before the summit, Prime Minister Alain Juppe called for measures to boost consumption that cost little to the state.

12.   Instead, American officials have called on Japan to boost domestic consumption, not exports, to strengthen its economy.

13.   Investors may be speculating warm weather associated with the El Nino phenomenon will boost beer consumption.

14.   Some economists are warning prices could soon rise as government measures to boost consumption take hold.

15.   Still, a plan announced by the government yesterday to boost consumption and stimulate spending helped all construction stocks, including Bouygues.

16.   Strong economic growth also is boosting consumption of copper, analysts said.

17.   That gives cigarette makers a big incentive to boost consumption among current smokers as their real incomes rise.

18.   The offer, which expired at the end of September, had boosted consumption and buoyed economic output.

19.   This tends to produce hotter temperatures, which could boost beverage consumption.

20.   To be sure, a robust economy could boost gold consumption and spark concern about rising prices.