capital goods

NOUN

materials used in the production of goods

Synonyms

WEAK

assets available funds available means available resources black-ink items capital capitalization cash flow financial resources liquid assets pluses producer goods stock in trade

Example Sentences

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If there is further derisking then, JPMorgan’s call is to “use the weakness to add” and their recommended sectors are capital goods, semiconductors and consumer cyclicals.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

The losers are sectors that depend on oil as an input, such as capital goods manufacturers.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, "imports of high-tech capital goods continued their upward march given tariff waivers for the industry and the build-out of data centers to feed AI demand," she added.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

Durable goods production, which is more exposed to tariffs, picked up on month alongside energy and capital goods, Eurostat said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

While a primitive man would have little occasion to use the term capital goods, he would possess both varieties of the goods which the term denotes.

From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by Clark, John Bates