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

Growth   of 4.8% in 2000 is not sustainable, being attributable to favorable   short-term factors, including high world oil prices, a surge in   nonoil exports, and increased domestic demand for consumer durables.

From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency