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Latest durable goods numbers show businesses are continuing to invest

A W. P. Carey supply chain management expert weighs in on how data related to imported goods could be distorted.

In this story published Aug. 26, 2025, on Marketplace:

Even though the order books have gone up and down following the tariff regime, the shipment numbers of the goods companies have actually shipped out have been steady.

Hitendra Chaturvedi, supply chain management professor of practice