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Household and personal products represented the only positive subsector while energy services, basic materials, and capital goods were among the worst-performing subsectors.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
The biggest contributing factors are purchased goods and services (30 percent), upstream transport (25 percent) and capital goods (21 percent).
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 Aug. 2024
Amazon also saw a 13 percent drop in emissions stemming from capital goods last year, as noticed by Bloomberg.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 July 2024
All the while, restrictions on bringing capital goods into the country continue to exacerbate the already serious lack of factory machinery and farm equipment.
—Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined above
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“Capital goods.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capital%20goods. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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