Spending on nondurable goods is up a little over 2 percent for the year.

Spending on nondurable goods was expected to rise 5.7 percent.

The rate for nondurable goods held steady at 85.7 percent.

Most of the losses in nondurable production had already occurred by the early 1990's.

The production of nondurable goods advanced 0.8 percent in December.

Consider food, classified by the government's spending survey as a "nondurable good."

Purchases of nondurable goods, items not expected to last three years, increased $400 million.

Also unchanged during April were nondurable orders, which remained at $112.2 billion.

In the best positions now, he said, are health care, military contracting and consumer nondurable products.

The increase in spending came in nondurable goods and services.

Sales for all nondurable goods fell one-tenth of 1 percent.

Nondurable sales like food and clothing fell one-tenth of 1 percent.

Spending on nondurable goods, including food and fuel, fell $5.2 billion after rising just $400 million a month earlier.

Nondurable goods sales were unchanged in May after rising 1 percent a month earlier.

Sales of nondurable goods rose 1.3 percent over all, with improvements in every category.

Factories making nondurable goods had a one-tenth of 1 percent increase.

Prices declined for both durable and nondurable materials used in manufacturing.

Nondurable purchases were up $2.5 billion, while spending on services fell $6.8 billion.

Nondurable output was unchanged, and mining production fell 2.3 percent.

In a pinched economy for nondurable goods, it's a buyer's market.

Spending on nondurable goods, items expected to last less than three years, posted a good gain in October.

Nondurable goods manufacturing, on the other hand, rose two-tenths of a percent.

Nondurable goods were up 1.1 percent in July, after falling 1.3 percent a month earlier.

Nondurable items, like paperboard, used in factories showed no overall change.

Production remained flat at manufacturing plants making both durable and nondurable goods.