31. Durable goods industries in the US are approximately three times more cyclical than nondurable -goods industries. 32. Among intermediate goods, nondurable factory materials jumped 2 percent, after a 1.1 December advance. 33. Total nondurable goods were up 1.6 percent in March, the biggest increase in two years. 34. But spending on nondurable goods, items not expected to last three years, was revised down slightly. 35. Nondurable goods are used up within a year ( food, clothing, medicine . . . ).36. While durable goods can usually be rented as well as bought, nondurable goods generally are not rented. 37. Generally the life span of nondurable goods may vary from a few minutes to up to three years. 38. Wholesale inventories rose 0.1 percent in May, reflecting a slight increase in stocks of nondurable goods. 39. In the best positions now, he said, are health care, military contracting and consumer nondurable products. 40. Sales of nondurable goods such as food and fuel fell 0.1 percent for the second straight month.
