| 1. | First, we will get improvement in sales of nondurable goods.
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| 2. | Businesses producing both durable and nondurable goods reported increased investment plans.
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| 3. | In contrast, many consumer-nondurable issues were weak.
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| 4. | Hiring in nondurable goods is expected to stay the same.
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| 5. | But orders for nondurable goods such as food and fuel were unchanged.
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| 6. | In November, spending on nondurable goods rose 0.5 percent.
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| 7. | Inventories of nondurable items like clothing and groceries fell by a similar amount.
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| 8. | Nineteen percent of the nondurable goods manufacturing firms said they planned to hire.
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| 9. | Production of appliances, home furnishings and some nondurable goods including gasoline softened.
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| 10. | The nondurable backlog grew by 0.4 percent.
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