capital goods
Recent Examples on the Web
//Shipments of core capital goods dropped 0.7 percent last month.
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Washington Post, "New capital goods orders fell more than expected in September," 24 Oct. 2019
//And because machinery, equipment and other capital goods are often imported, weak investment spending is further hurting trade.
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The Economist, "How the twists and turns of the trade war are hurting growth," 17 Oct. 2019
//The trend in non-military capital goods orders underscores how the U.S.-China trade war and slowing growth abroad are weighing on American companies.
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Reade Pickert, chicagotribune.com, "U.S. economy cools as consumer spending misses forecasts," 27 Sep. 2019
//Related indicators: New orders for capital goods; regional manufacturing surveys from Federal Reserve banks; the employment and compensation components of the National Federation of Independent Business’s monthly survey.
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Ben Casselman, New York Times, "A Recession Is Coming (Eventually). Here’s Where You’ll See It First.," 28 July 2019
//When excluding the transportation category, orders grew at a 0.3% pace in May.
An underlying business-investment gauge, new orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft, increased 0.4% from April.
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Sarah Chaney, WSJ, "Boeing Just One Factor Behind Drop in Durable-Goods Orders in May," 26 June 2019
//The underlying business-investment gauge, new orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft, declined 0.7% in December, the fourth decline since August 2018.
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Sharon Nunn, WSJ, "Business Investment Falters Amid Growing Global Economic Uncertainty," 21 Feb. 2019
//The nature of the fall—which was led by demand from outside the eurozone, and for purchases of capital goods—suggests German weakness may be the reflection of a...
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Nina Adam, WSJ, "Trade Uncertainty Sends a Chill Through German Manufacturing," 6 Feb. 2019
//The impact of the cooling Chinese economy is a particular concern: Germany, a maker of high-end cars and capital goods, is one of only a few Western economies to have cracked China as an export market.
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Paul Hannon, WSJ, "Germany’s Sharp Slowdown Fans Fears That China Woes Are Spreading," 15 Jan. 2019
First Known Use of capital goods
1896, in the meaning defined above
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