Sentence examples for durable purchases from inspiring English sources

"At a national level, we know that right after the World Trade Center disaster, durable purchases decreased dramatically.

Most of us do plan ahead for large, durable purchases and would be willing to share our plans with the producer in return for getting exactly what we want at a future date with a discount.

When the Fed became concerned about inflation accelerating, usually too late, it raised interest rates and crunched credit, stifling housing, business investment, and consumer durable purchases and causing the economy to go into recession.

I never believed I'd buy a mattress online, thinking I'd have to test out a "durable" purchase such as a bed before trying it.

Many of the most important decisions consumers make in their lifetimes involve financial products: a mortgage to purchase a home, a loan to purchase an automobile, credit to make a large durable purchase, investments for retirement and insurance to keep one's family secure.

Germany specialises in machinery and durable goods, purchases that businesses and consumers will put off when times are uncertain.

The reserves of the banking system grew concomitantly; reserves are funds that banks have available for immediate lending that theoretically should lead to credit expansion and new investment by businesses, durable goods purchases by households and so on.

Durable goods purchases — things like a washer and dryer — are another example.

Durable goods purchases increased 5.8% in August, and motor vehicles made up most of that increase in durable goods, the department said.

[Emphasis added]Could it be that consumers put off necessary durable-goods purchases until now?

Much of the boost came from a rise of non-durable goods purchases and imports.