production of consumer goods
31capital goods — Goods used by firms to produce other goods, e.g., office buildings, machinery, equipment. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * capital goods capital goods ➔ goods * * * capital goods UK US noun [plural] (also industrial goods, also producer… …
32Consumer Confidence Index — The U.S. Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) is an indicator designed to measure consumer confidence, which is defined as the degree of optimism on the state of the economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and… …
33Consumer complaint — This article is about Reports filed by consumers who are dissatisfied with a business transaction and/or interaction.. For the consumers in biology, see Heterotroph …
34consumer society — A term sometimes applied to modern Western societies, which suggests that they are increasingly organized around consumption (of goods and leisure), rather than the production of materials and services. The usual list of late twentieth century… …
35consumer society — /kənˌsjumə səˈsaɪəti/ (say kuhn.syoohmuh suh suyuhtee) noun a society, as most Western ones, which is oriented towards the production and consumption of goods on a vast scale …
36mass production — the production or manufacture of goods in large quantities, esp. by machinery. [1915 20] * * * Application of the principles of specialization, division of labour, and standardization of parts to the manufacturing of goods on a large scale.… …
37Factors of production — In economics, factors of production means inputs and finished goods means output. Input determines the quantity of output i.e. output depends upon input. Input is the starting point and output is the end point of production process and such input …
38producer goods — Econ. goods, as machinery, raw materials, etc., that are used in the process of creating consumer goods. [1950 55] * * * or capital goods or intermediate goods Goods manufactured and used in further manufacturing, processing, or resale.… …
39Mass production — This article is about large scale production. For the Iggy Pop piece, see The Idiot (album). For the American funk band, see Mass Production (band). Mass production (also flow production, repetitive flow production, series production, or serial… …
40United States Consumer Price Index — The U.S. Consumer Price Index is a time series measure of the price level of consumer goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which started the statistic in 1919, publishes the CPI on a monthly basis. The CPI is calculated by… …
