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

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

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

Or, si les nouveaux besoins deviennent constants ou très durables, les animaux prennent alors de nouvelles habitudes qui sont aussi durables que les besoins qui les ont fait naître.

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.