Consumer Goods

Consumer Goods – consumer goods are items bought by people for personal use. Consumer goods are items such as clothing, food, household items, that satisfy the needs and wants of the general public. Consumer goods are different then capital goods.  Capital goods are raw materials used and sold to make other goods.  Consumer goods, also called consumer products, could be a home computer.  The plastic or metal housing or the internal components of the computer that were sold to the manufacturer would be a capital good. A consumer good is a finished product available for public use.