And, indeed, the Chinese government has tried to stimulate domestic spending by boosting salaries.

The fall was faster than in the previous quarter, despite government attempts to stimulate spending.

The original agreement also called on Japan to cut taxes and stimulate domestic spending so consumers would buy more foreign goods.

The time to debate the merits and demerits of these three ways to stimulate domestic spending is long gone.

All suggest that the economy needs less-expensive credit to stimulate spending.

With the economy already at full employment, no one pretends these cuts are needed to stimulate spending.

The government has raised the salaries of some workers, mainly in urban areas, to stimulate spending.

Bonn has been under some pressure both at home and from abroad to advance tax cuts scheduled for 1990 in order to stimulate domestic spending.

The low rates, in turn, have stimulated investment and spending.

That "could be too conservative," he said, because "we're going to have a Winter Olympics next year" to stimulate spending.