Durables

Word DURABLES
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Definitions and meanings of "Durables"

What do we mean by durables?

A durable thing, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.

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The word "durables" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (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. ❋ Unknown (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. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Fitch notes that segments such as durables/electronics and home merchandise remained subdued, although these segments started to recover from Q3 ❋ Unknown (2010)

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. " ❋ Unknown (2009)

More Treasurys Fall on Data With strong growth in automobile orders, as well as in categories such as metals, machinery, computers and software, the March durables report shows consumers and businesses both continued to spend. ❋ Conor Dougherty (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. ❋ Shraddha Nair (2011)

Cars are consumer durables, and it would not be rational for Congress to assume that flooding the market with demand today would do any more than punt the problem a short ways down the road (pun intended). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Primary imported inputs, such as oil and rubber, jumped 11.5%, while domestic consumer durables, such as electronics, fell 4%. ❋ James Simms (2011)

Sales usually rise around festivals, considered auspicious by many to buy consumer durables, and auto makers were pinning hopes on the two-month festive season to drive demand, which have remained subdued this financial year. ❋ Nikhil Gulati (2011)

"At the other end of the spectrum, there remain pockets of negative sentiment toward consumer durables and apparel, commercial services and supplies and automobiles and components." ❋ Alejandro J. Martinez (2011)

"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. ❋ Alejandro J. Martinez (2011)

A few economists made small revisions in their estimates of first-quarter economic growth based on the strength in durables. ❋ Conor Dougherty (2011)

"While the value of stock on loan has fallen 7% since the middle of September to $314.8 billion, there remain pockets of short-selling activity, with the North American automotive and components and consumer durables and apparel sectors seeing the greatest amount of negative sentiment," said Will Duff Gordon , research director at Data Explorers in London. ❋ Alejandro J. Martinez (2011)

It recommends an overweight position in materials and consumer durables. ❋ Dave Kansas (2011)

Notably, iron ore and coal together make steel—an essential input for construction and a key to the manufacture of automobiles as well as many other consumer durables. ❋ Simon Constable (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." ❋ Unknown (2011)

The stock performance of automakers helped consumer durables lead all sectors in market value growth up 57%. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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