Word: spurs
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...Previously he talked about using an auction or a reverse auction (in which sellers bid prices lower to attract buyers). Now Administration officials say they may just expand a new program run by the Federal Reserve. That program, the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), is designed to spur consumer lending by stimulating sales of securitized consumer loans. The New York Federal Reserve has had to extend the application period because of market qualms, though Talbott says interest is building...
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva did make a halfhearted attempt to spur a national debate last year, calling abortion a public-health issue - even as he declared himself steadfastly against it. But with the Church quick to stifle such talk and the general public not sufficiently engaged to demand action, the debate never took off. In truth, abortions and unwanted pregnancies are a sad constant in Brazil. Although abortion is illegal, an estimated 1 million women each year have one. The poor are forced into clandestine clinics or take medication, while the better-off are treated...
...their own personal finances. And the suggestion by Larry Summers, President Barack Obama's economic adviser, that Americans should start buying cars again to help jolt the economy was "the most irresponsible thing anybody could say," said Orman. "Mr. Summers, I am so sorry. I understand we have to spur the economy of the U.S., but don't do it off the people who don't have jobs, who don't have a pot to pee in." She went on: "Sir, there are tent cities. Go and look at who is standing in line to get soup. There are white...
...enormous difference in whether or not people want to buy cars," says Ben Simpfendorfer, chief China economist for the Royal Bank of Scotland. "What's unusual about this cycle is that China faces the same problems as everywhere else in the world. The big question is how to spur consumer spending. Strong auto sales will help China, just like they'll help America or Europe...
...producers are pinning their hopes on Blu-ray for a simple reason: the DVD business, which accounts for most of their revenue, is in the doldrums, and a new format might spur a worldwide shopping spree for the latest application of a cool gimmick - like for PlayStation 3 or Wii, only more so. Yeah, but money's tight these days. Consumers want to know if they have to buy a Blu-ray or whether it's just an incremental improvement that will soon be rendered obsolete when high-quality movie downloads from the Internet become available...