Өндірістік тауарлар және олардың экономикадағы ролі

Already produced durable goods that are used in production of goods or services

In economics, capital goods or capital are "those durable produced goods that are in turn used as productive inputs for further production" of goods and services. A typical example is the machinery used in a factory. At the macroeconomic level, "the nation's capital stock includes buildings, equipment, software, and inventories during a given year." Capital goods have also been called complex product systems (CoPS). The means of production is as a " series of heterogeneous commodities, each having specific technical characteristics " in the form of a durable good that is used in the production of goods or services. Capital goods are a particular form of economic good and are tangible property. Capital goods are one of the three types of producer goods, the other two being land and labour. The three are also known collectively as "primary factors of production". Critical analysis of the economists portrayal of the capitalist mode of production as a transhistorical state of affairs distinguishes different forms of capital:

Capital goods can also be immaterial, when they take the form of intellectual property. Many production processes require the intellectual property to (legally) produce their products. Just like material capital goods, they can require substantial investment, and can also be subject to amortization, depreciation, and divestment.

People buy capital goods to use as static resources to make other goods, whereas consumer goods are purchased to be consumed. For example, an automobile is a consumer good when purchased as a private car. Dump trucks used in manufacturing or construction are capital goods because companies use them to build things like roads, dams, buildings, and bridges. In the same way, a chocolate bar is a consumer good, but the machines that produce the candy are capital goods. Some capital goods can be used in both production of consumer goods or production goods, such as machinery for the production of dump trucks. Consumption is the logical result of all economic activity, but the level of future consumption depends on the future capital stock, and this in turn depends on the current level of production in the capital goods sector. Hence if there is a desire to increase consumption, the output of the capital goods should be maximized.

Capital goods, often called complex products and systems (CoPS), play an important role in today's economy.