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  • noun economics Plural form of durable; durable goods.

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  • noun consumer goods that are not destroyed by use

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Examples

  • But if you see a sustained recovery in consumer goods, both durables and non-durables, that is usually a sign that the economy has bottomed out.

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines 2009

  • Spending on such "durables" dropped at a 12 percent annual rate in 2008's third quarter and at a 20 percent rate in the fourth.

    The Great Escape 2009

  • This was because the bank knew that it would risk hurting areas in the economy where consumer demand was not strong, such as durables and apparel.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

  • Fitch notes that segments such as durables/electronics and home merchandise remained subdued, although these segments started to recover from Q3

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines 2010

  • Spending on such "durables" dropped at a 12 percent annual rate in 2008's third quarter and at a 20 percent rate in the fourth.

    Conservative Edge - The worlds first conservative online information and news source! 2009

  • So, you want to see consumer goods recovery one month later or two months later is of course not enough, "she said, adding," But if you see a sustained recovery in consumer goods, both durables and non-durables, that is usually a sign that the economy has bottomed out. "

    Moneycontrol Top Headlines 2009

  • "Despite the U.S. market getting longer, we continue to see negative investor sentiment towards consumer durables and apparel and automobiles and components," said Will Duff Gordon , research director, at Data Explorers, in London.

    Bearish Stock Bets on the Climb Alejandro J. Martinez 2011

  • Demand for industrial paints is expected to grow at a healthy pace backed by growth in sectors such as automobiles, consumer durables, and infrastructure spending on roads, ports and power plants.

    Shalimar Paints Owners To Divest Partly, Raise Funds Shraddha Nair 2011

  • Demand for industrial paints is expected to grow at a healthy pace backed by growth in sectors such as automobiles, consumer durables, and infrastructure spending on roads, ports and power plants.

    Shalimar Paints' Owners To Divest Partly, Raise Funds Shraddha Nair 2011

  • Feldstein also criticizes the temporary subsidy for new car buyers "cash for clunkers" as "misguided," but in an opinion piece in the Washington Post on Jan. 29, 2009 , he proposed a "temporary refundable tax credit to households that purchase cars or other major consumer durables."

    Debating Professor Feldstein's Proposals on Stimulus 2011

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