They're turning that increased economic clout into more political power.

Together, maybe they can get government to look at them as players with economic clout and more than a few votes.

Children feel independent and comfortable if they have economic clout.

And they wanted a place where the parents were less likely to have the economic or organizational clout to make change happen on their own.

Yet another reason is the economic clout generated by this class.

It's economic clout that counts most in the international arena now.

However, the picture at the start of the 21st century also reveals significant socioeconomic progress and a community with a growing economic clout.

Whoever has the most political and economic clout gets his way.

The party, meanwhile, is ready to make the most of its economic clout.

But now, even though we have the most economic clout, the culture is no longer pitched to us.