It's important to realize that the standard Econ 101 criterion for the division of goods into durable and non-durable according to whether they last longer than three years is misleading.

Orders for durable goods rose 2.2 percent in February, according to figures released this morning (PDF). Th AP has the details. We have a simpler question. What's a durable good? Also: Why does it ...

Her expertise is in personal finance and investing, and real estate. Yinwei Liu / Getty Images Core durable goods orders refers to new orders for U.S. core durable goods, which are the total ...

The latest durable goods report came out on Wednesday and showed that orders were slightly down in October. Overall, the number of durable goods has been rising steadily this year, if you strip ...

Core durable goods order rise 0.1%, lower than forecast of 0.2%. Nondefense new orders for capital goods in October increased $1.2 billion or 1.4 % to $86.2 billion. Inventories of manufactured ...

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New orders for durable goods increased 0.7 percent in May, following a 0.4 percent gain in April, the 11th increase in the last 13 months. Nearly every major category (six of seven) in the durable ...

Nov. 29, 2004–Durable goods orders slipped $0.9 billion or 0.4% to $196.3 billion in October, according to figures released Wednesday by the Commerce Department. The October drop followed a 0.9% ...

New orders for manufactured durable goods unexpectedly rose to $289.29B in February. This represents a 0.9% increase from the previous month and a 3.4% rise from one year ago. Excluding ...

The numbers: Orders for durable goods fell 6.6% in June, the Commerce Department said Thursday. It is the sharpest drop since the pandemic. Economists had forecast a 0.3% rise in orders for ...

The numbers: Orders for durable goods fell 6.6% in June, the Commerce Department said Thursday. It is the sharpest drop since the pandemic. Economists had forecast a 0.3% rise in orders for ...