1.   Another decrease could boost consumer spending.

2.   A higher minimum wage is also expected to boost consumer spending, helping utility and some industrial companies, traders said.

3.   Chilean retail sales in November rose at their fastest monthly pace this year, as interest rate cuts boosted consumer spending on clothing, shoes and other goods.

4.   Declining interest rates lower corporate borrowing costs and boost consumer spending.

5.   Democrats are eager, too, to provide payroll tax rebates to boost consumer spending.

6.   Economists are not optimistic the government will come up with any major spending initiatives to boost consumer spending soon.

7.   Eventually, the extra yen should boost consumer spending.

8.   Faster-than-expected economic growth in Argentina is boosting consumer spending, analysts said.

9.   First Maryland, which has boosted consumer lending and doubled its sales of investment products, hopes to repeat that success among Dauphin customers, Mulcahy said.

10.   Home sales are holding up, and that tends to boost consumer spending on remodeling and household projects.