consumer goods BrE
durable goods AmE
consumer durables BrE , also: durables
hard goods

People are also more likely than the average to have consumer goods.

They're going to be the material for future consumer goods.

"All consumer goods in that area are going to be higher."

On one hand, the prices of food and other consumer goods have gone up from 4 to 6 percent a week.

Together the companies sold over 500 million in consumer goods.

Some of the aid will pay for food and consumer goods made in America.

Yet they also want to increase the amount of consumer goods at home.

Which of the consumer goods in the drawings is most common?

Many of these products were consumer goods in high demand.

I does not necessarily lead to an increase in the price of consumer goods.

At the same time, consumer goods were more readily available than ever before.

In more recent years the focus has been on electronic consumer goods.

In 1995, only about 10 percent of its total imports were consumer goods.

A. We have to listen to many questions on supplies of consumer goods.

People are seeking more consumer goods and business is trying to supply these.

Now they are increasingly found in industry and everyday consumer goods.

This would reduce the flow of consumer goods and food.

As a result, the output of some consumer goods dropped.

The new consumer goods came into the household slowly - because of him.

Taxes were increased on personal income and some consumer goods.

Across the country, people were allowed to sell food and consumer goods in markets.

To interest modern Americans in love, you must talk hygiene and consumer goods.

They were up and about early on Christmas morning, but not to look for treats or consumer goods.

Virtually all the increase was in vehicle and consumer goods.

"But in the major cities, people are buying consumer goods."

Durable goods are items expected to last three years or more.

Durable goods orders were up 2.2 percent for the month.

Still, he added, "There really is something for everybody in the durable goods data."

"And the durable goods report gave it just that today," she said.

Over all, orders for durable goods rose by 5.5 percent last month.

And so the durable goods report gave the market less of a boost than it might have a month ago.

The single largest increase came in the area of durable goods manufacturing.

Today's report showed that sales of durable goods rose 1.3 percent for the month.

Orders for durable goods have declined in three of the year's first four months.

But the episode made me realize something important, and that is, the people here are the most durable goods.

Yet the durable goods report also showed pockets of strength.

That was more than offset, however, by orders for durable goods.

Durable goods orders fell 1.3 percent last month, the first drop in five months.

The output of durable goods rose 0.9 percent in December.

Instead, a single sector - durable goods - accounts for most of the change.

Sales of durable goods, those meant to last three years or more, soared 2.3 percent over all, the department reported.

An advance report a week ago put the January decline in durable goods at 2.8 percent.

Before May, orders of durable goods rose three months in a row.

For August, sales of durable goods, items expected to last three or more years, were up 2.3 percent.

China is sending a growing amount of durable goods to Cuba.

And shipments of durable goods actually fell 1.9 percent last month, a big drop.

Durable goods, like cars and home appliances, are intended to last at least three years.

And durable goods orders in June fell an unexpected 1.6 percent.

Durable goods orders plunged in January but were up for the next two months.

Low interest rates, which promote spending on housing and other durable goods, are the main answer.