1.   Alain Madelin, a former French finance minister, said measures introduced by the government to stimulate consumption were too complex and not readily accessible by the French.

2.   Instead, industrialized countries, especially Japan, need policies to stimulate more consumption.

3.   Lower interest rates reduce borrowing and investment costs for companies and stimulate consumption leveraged by credit.

4.   Retailers were boosted last month when the Socialist government said it might boost the minimum wage to stimulate consumption.

5.   That will mean lower interest rates, stimulating consumption.

6.   The lesser-known George Gunton, a British immigrant, preached that shorter working hours and high wages stimulated mass consumption, profiting worker and capitalist alike.

7.   The rationale of reining in cash withdrawals while allowing people to spend whatever they using r credit and debit cards is that it will stimulate consumption.

8.   Both have signaled support for increasing the minimum wage to stimulate consumption, expanding job training and cutting the work week to spread jobs around.

9.   Increasing the government expenditure with a view toward stimulating domestic consumption will lead to only temporary results.

10.   Jiang reiterated plans to boost economic growth by stimulating domestic consumption, replacing slowing export growth, Xinhua said.