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AE LINE: Another term for aggregate expenditure line, which is a line representing the relation between aggregate expenditures and gross domestic product used in the Keynesian cross. The aggregate expenditure line is obtained by adding investment expenditures, government purchases, and net exports to the consumption line. As such, the slope of the aggregate expenditure line is largely based on the slope of the consumption line (which is the marginal propensity to consume), with adjustments coming from the marginal propensity to invest, the marginal propensity for government purchases, and the marginal propensity to import. The intersection of the aggregate expenditures line and the 45-degree line identifies the equilibrium level of output in the Keynesian cross.
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                           NONDURABLE GOODS, CONSUMPTION: Personal consumption expenditures on tangible goods that tend to last for less than a year. Common examples are food, clothing, and gasoline. This is one of three categories of personal consumption expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts maintained by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The other two are durable goods and services. Nondurable goods are about 30 percent of personal consumption expenditures and 20 percent of gross domestic product. Nondurable goods are consumption goods purchased by the household sector that generally have a useful, satisfaction-providing existence of shorter than a year. Household expenditures on nondurable goods are generally unaffected by business cycles. In good times and bad, the household sector continues to purchase nondurable goods at a relatively constant pace.The three main subcategories of nondurable goods in the National Income and Product Accounts are "food," "clothing and shoes," and "gasoline and oil." Food, as might be expected is half of the nondurable goods expenditures. Clothing and shoes constitute about 18 percent and gasoline and oil comes in at about 7 percent of nondurable goods expenditures. The remaining 25 percent of nondurable goods purchased by the household sector includes "fuel oil and coal" (less than 1 percent) and a handy catch-all "other" category (which is the bulk of the remaining 25 percent). These categories are straightforward and do not require much explanation. The "food" entry is obviously food, "clothing and shoes" is, well, clothing and shoes, and "gasoline and oil" is gasoline and oil. The "other" category includes any nondurable good not classified elsewhere, including such things as pencils, newspapers, shampoo, and plastic picnic spoons.
Recommended Citation:NONDURABLE GOODS, CONSUMPTION, AmosWEB Encyclonomic WEB*pedia, http://www.AmosWEB.com, AmosWEB LLC, 2000-2026. [Accessed: January 21, 2026].
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