51.   The company cited a steep cost increase in plastic resin, a key raw material, and weak consumer spending.

52.   The chief culprit for the slowing growth is mostly weak consumer spending.

53.   The company cited a sharp cost increase in plastic resin, a key raw material, and weak consumer spending.

54.   The increased supply comes as wholesale pork prices slump, a sign of weak consumer demand.

55.   The latest sign of sluggish growth was a Commerce Department report showing inventories at U.S. businesses increased in April as weak consumer demand caused sales to drop.

56.   The rise was also accentuated by exceptionally weak consumer spending last July, as a food poisoning scare cut spending on food.

57.   The reason for the lackluster results in both cases is weak consumer spending, analysts said.

58.   The squeeze on lending profit comes at a time of weak consumer demand for loans and little scope to lower deposit rates.

59.   The weak consumer demand also reduces their need to enter the market to purchase beans, traders said.

60.   These types of downturns are more resistant to monetary stimulus than slowdowns caused by weak consumer spending.