1.   Consumption would rise as a share of production, and profits and investment decline.

2.   This means that for every additional pound of income received, consumption rises by some fraction of a pound.

3.   The new utility-maximising point is V where the increase in wealth has caused present consumption to rise.

4.   As national income rises, consumption rises along the long-run consumption line LC.

5.   Also, demand should strengthen ahead of the Fourth of July holiday in the U.S., when beef consumption rises with increased barbecuing, traders said.

6.   Beef consumption rises with warm weather to a summer peak with increased barbecuing.

7.   But it is not the proliferation of computers and other electronic equipment that has caused energy consumption to rise in recent decades.

8.   Consumption rose slightly and inventories fell, Istat said.

9.   Consumption has risen nationwide, aided in part by a fast-growing Latino population whose diet traditionally has included the avocado.

10.   Drug experts said that domestic drug consumption was also rising.