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The Demand for Domestic Appliances

The prospects for television sets, refrigerators, washing-machines and vacuum cleaners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2020

L. Needleman
L. Needleman*
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National Institute
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This article looks at the likely future trends in home demand for four major electrical appliances—television sets, refrigerators, washing-machines and vacuum cleaners. The sales of all four have risen fast in the last decade (table 1, chart 1)—by an average of 16.5 per cent a year, taking all four together, compared with 2.2 per cent for total consumer demand.

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National Institute Economic Review , Volume 12 , November 1960 , pp. 24 - 44
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Copyright © 1960 National Institute of Economic and Social Research

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