A shift in US consumer preferences from durables to services.

美国消费者偏好从耐用品转向服务。

Durables are the products which can provide service more than one period.

耐用品是指能够在多个时期内提供效用的产品。

Sales of consumer durables fell by 10-15% in the year to March 2012, executives say.

管理层说，今年到三月间，耐用品的销量下降了10%至15%。

In many other Asian economies financing for consumer durables is virtually nonexistent.

其他亚洲经济体中面向耐用消费品的金融服务是基本不存在的。

Running at 50-year lows below trend. Move from durables to services consumption could be big.

在低于趋势线的50年最低水平下，从耐用品消费到服务消费的转变可能很大。