Orders for durable consumer goods fell 1.5 percent in the month.

Durable consumer goods were flat on the month and grew only 2.3 percent yearly.

Manufacturers produced 0.1 percent less than in November as construction and durable consumer goods lost ground.

If so, real expenditure on physical capital and durable consumer goods can be affected.

It jumped one percent thanks to strong output of intermediate and durable consumer goods.

The strong currency also helped to contain price growth in the durable consumer goods segment.

Growth was strongest in the durable consumer goods industries, reaching 2.3% for the year as a whole.

Greater demand for durable consumer goods accounted for much of the rise.

Output of durable consumer goods slumped by 9.8 percent.

The rise was driven by a 4.9% surge in the production of durable consumer goods, such as cars and computers.

China increased its imports of steel, iron ore, new technology and durable consumer goods in 1986, he said.

He has been working as a building contractor, architect, and durable consumer goods tradesman since 1991.

The most noticeable pressure point in January was durable consumer goods, such as large household items, which contracted by an annual 3.1 percent.

As a result, the production of durable consumer goods increased by 7.2%, despite a decrease in automotive production.

Higher production of durable consumer goods, including household appliances, was the main force behind the monthly climb, Eurostat said.

Sector-wide, production of intermediate goods and durable consumer goods each grew by 2.5 percent.

This led to purchases being made earlier, particularly purchases of expensive items such as durable consumer goods, in order to avoid the tax increase.

Production of durable consumer goods dropped 34.4 percent, while intermediate goods declined 12.1 percent.

To keep our analysis fairly simple in this chapter, we adhere to the definitions given above and ignore the complications created by durable consumer goods.

A drop in demand for capital equipment, durable consumer goods and cars will strike at the euro zone’s industrial heartland, including Germany.

Production of durable consumer goods rose 3.9 percent in the eurozone and 2.4 percent the EU.

Prices of capital and durable consumer goods, such as cars and electronics, were flat in August from July.

In Europe, the Durable Consumer Goods sector will be the most troubled.

Important customer sectors for chemical products such as construction, carmakers and producers of durable consumer goods have already seen output cuts.

Moody's forecasting model indicates that in Europe the durable consumer goods sector is likely to encounter the highest default rate throughout 2009.