…vulnerable to an economic downturn, durable and capital goods. Durable goods are products that last for more than three years like SUVs, motor/sail boats, etc. These items are the first…

…(gold) and core capital goods (red). But perhaps even more importantly, orders for consumer durables (blue) also declined: This is significant because consumer goods orders typically decline closer to recessions…

…goods and services for June indicated that our seasonally adjusted goods and services trade deficit rose by a rounded $4.8 billion to a record $75.7 billion in June from a revised…

August Producer Price Index Sets New YoY Record Increases for Final Demand Goods, Final Demand Services, and a 46 year High for Prices of Intermediate Goods; MarketWatch 666, Commenter RJS…

…to show current level at the zero line): We can break down goods spending further between durable and non-durable goods, since the former tend to turn first. Indeed, real durables…

…goods-producing jobs increased at about double the rate of service jobs: In the 2000s, service jobs increased at double the rate of goods-producing jobs: In this recovery, goods-producing jobs have…

…on goods, and in particular durable goods, have not just flatlined, but have declined. It is not likely that real sales of goods will continue to increase in such a…

…comparison. The stimulus payments to consumers in 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic led to a lot of durable goods purchases in particular, often goods delivered to homes. Simply put,…

…goods rose by 2.2% while margins of final services providers rose 0.5%, a revised 1.2% increase in January, when wholesale goods prices rose 1.6% and the price index for final…

…levy on Chinese goods. What are tariffs and how do they work? Tariffs are taxes charged on goods imported from other countries. The companies that bring the foreign goods into…