| The area is known for extensive trading in livestock, hides and skins, khat, cereals, and consumer durables. |
| According to Table 5, the elasticities of inventory to sales are 0.947 and 1.041 for durables and non-durables respectively. |
| It is not just demand for consumer durables that has been warped by Iraq's strange new economy. |
| Sales and inventories are reported monthly and include total sales of durables and retail sales. |
| As a result, investment plus consumer durables actually increased as a percent of GDP despite a clear-cut inward shift in the demand curve. |
| Russia still manufactures a large range of consumer products, including food, clothing, automobiles, and household durables. |
