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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Resilient consumer spending, up 1.4%, and a 3.3% jump in core capital goods orders are boosting Q1 GDP.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Data released Wednesday showed a 3.3% jump in core capital goods orders in March, the largest monthly increase since June 2020.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Prices surged early this year for capital goods.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

However, weakness was broad-based, with declines in capital goods and intermediate goods, offset by a solid increase in energy production, Eurostat said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

If a currency were undergoing rapid inflation, a fixed amount of invested money would represent a shrinking stock of capital goods.

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