| 41. | Nondurable goods orders, including food and fuel, rose 0.2 percent for the fifth straight increase.
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| 42. | In nondurable goods manufacturing, decreases in apparel, chemicals and rubber and miscellaneous plastics followed gains in July.
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| 43. | Nondurable goods account for about 61 percent of the total, while durable goods make up the remaining 39 percent.
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| 44. | The rise in wholesale inventories reflected a buildup of nondurable goods like paper products, drugstore items, and chemicals.
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| 45. | _Women managers are relatively rare in durable and nondurable manufacturing, two of the three highest-paying fields.
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| 46. | The 0.4 consumer spending increase was the biggest since January but was heavily weighted toward inexpensive nondurable items.
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| 47. | Nondurable goods followed up a 0.2 percent increase in December by rising 0.5 percent in January.
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| 48. | Nondurable goods orders, including food and fuel, fell 0.3 percent for the first decline since March.
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| 49. | Spending on nondurable goods such as food and fuel rose 0.3 percent to dlrs 1.459 trillion.
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| 50. | Orders for nondurable goods were up 1.6 percent in November following a 1.1 percent October increase.
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