31.   What France needs, though, is to boost consumer spending if it wants to rev up its economy and cut unemployment.

32.   Also encouraging investors were reports in major Japanese newspapers that Hashimoto was considering making temporary tax cuts permanent to boost consumer spending.

33.   Analysts said that unless consumer spending is boosted, growth will continue to stagnate.

34.   But it also wants to boost consumer spending to prop up slumping prices that threaten to ruin Chinese companies.

35.   But the package did not include an increase in spending on public projects or income tax cuts, which business groups had called for to boost consumer spending.

36.   Economists had called for such moves to boost consumer spending and lift Japan out of its worst recession since World War II.

37.   He argues that offering financial security in old age will do wonders for the economy and boost consumer spending.

38.   It is expected to include a tax cut to boost consumer spending, reductions in government spending, aid to struggling companies and a debt swap.

39.   Lee said the package aims to boost consumer spending and create a better business environment.

40.   Major Japanese newspapers also said Thursday that the prime minister was considering making temporary tax cuts permanent to boost consumer spending, which also encouraged investors.