durables
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Trends in durables orders are often driven by big swings in categories like airplane orders, because small volumes can come with big dollar figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Consumer durables growth has collapsed from 11% to 1-2%.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
The behavior is that middle-income households have spent refund checks on deferred durables for decades.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026
Real-time market- intelligence firm OpenBrand External link, for example, estimates that price growth for consumer durables and personal goods accelerated 0.6% month over month.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
Imports—mainly oil, capital goods, consumer durables, and food—outstripped exports, with the difference covered by aid, remittances, and borrowing.
From The 1999 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
