nondurable goods

基本解释

Let's look at the percentage decline in (a) construction employment, (b) durable-goods manufacturing, and (c) nondurable-goods manufacturing.
我們可以看到各行業就業率下降百分比，建築業（a），耐用品制造業（b），非耐用消費品（c）。
Next in line would be durable-goods manufacturing, while nondurable-goods manufacturing would be the "lowest order" of these three categories.
接下來的一條線是耐用消費品制造業，而非耐用消費品制造業是這三類中“最底層”的。

Nondurable goods increased 2.4 percent, compared with an increase of 0.6 percent.
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The study found that the average household spent 20% to 40% of its rebate on nondurable goods during the three-month period the money was received.
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Souleles and his colleagues also found that in the three months during which the rebates were received, low-income households spent 63% more of the money on nondurable goods than high-income households did, buying things like food, clothing and health-related items.
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