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