durables
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Manufactured goods like appliances, other consumer durables and small recreational vehicles also got hit with a new 50% tariff, but only on their non-U.S. metals content.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
More likely are gradual and targeted policies, such as raising incomes for low-income households or shifting the recent trade-in and subsidy programs for durables like household appliances and cars into services.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
The behavior is that middle-income households have spent refund checks on deferred durables for decades.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026
Mr Gupta also found that while borrowing for consumption - credit cards, consumer durables, weddings, health emergencies, for example - makes up less than 20% of total household debt, it was the fastest-growing segment.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024
Moldova has no major mineral resources and has depended on other former Soviet republics for coal, oil, gas, steel, most electronic equipment, machine tools, and major consumer durables such as automobiles.
From The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
