U.S. Commerce Department seasonally adjusted data on durable goods orders, with percent changes from prior months.
Percent changes
Category
July
June
May
New Orders
1.1
0.5
-4.0
Ex-Transportation
0.4
1.1
1.8
Ex-Defense
1.3
0.3
-4.3
Manufacturing with unfilled orders
1.2
0.9
-5.7
Primary Metals
1.5
1.6
4.3
Gen. Machinery
1.2
1.2
2.9
Computers/Electronics
-1.1
3.1
1.1
Computer/related
-0.3
0.2
0.9
Communications
0.4
1.0
1.3
Electrical/appliances
-0.4
1.9
0.4
Transport. Equip.
2.3
-0.5
-13.5
Motor vehicles/parts
0.9
-0.3
1.1
Nondefense aircraft/parts
12.7
-2.9
-51.1
Defense aircraft/parts
4.9
-7.0
8.9
Capital goods
1.3
1.2
-13.0
Nondefense cap goods
2.0
0.6
-15.3
Nondefense cap goods ex-aircraft
0.2
1.7
1.9
Defense cap goods
-1.5
3.6
-1.6
Percent changes: totals
Category
July
June
May
Total unfilled orders
0.6
0.6
0.7
Total inventories
0.4
0.4
0.1
Total shipments
1.0
1.0
1.1
Nondefense cap goods shipments ex-aircraft
1.4
2.4
0.1
Billions of dollars
Category
July
June
May
New Orders
339.250
335.653
333.842
Ex-Transportation
223.066
222.095
219.729
Ex-Defense
312.692
308.711
307.748
Manufacturing with unfilled orders
244.611
241.733
239.681
Primary metals
31.960
31.473
30.970
Gen. Machinery
44.794
44.256
43.740
Computers/Electronics
30.739
31.073
30.134
Computer/related
2.878
2.886
2.879
Communications
5.162
5.140
5.088
Electrical/appliances
18.788
18.856
18.505
Transport. Equip.
116.184
113.558
114.113
Motor vehicles/parts
73.877
73.222
73.414
Nondefense aircraft/parts
19.790
17.563
18.084
Defense aircraft/parts
6.940
6.616
7.111
Capital goods
122.123
120.538
119.159
Nondefense cap goods
99.099
97.158
96.592
Nondefense cap goods ex-aircraft
85.946
85.771
84.360
Defense cap goods
23.024
23.380
22.567
Additional totals in billions of dollars
Category
July
June
May
Total unfilled orders
1599.893
1590.283
1580.991
Total inventories
604.357
602.177
599.992
Total shipments
334.722
331.505
328.237
Nondefense cap goods shipments ex-aircraft
84.493
83.351
81.402
Reuters survey forecasts for July
U.S. durable goods orders: +0.5 pct
U.S. durables ex-transportation: +0.6 pct
U.S. non-defense cap. ex-aircraft orders: +0.9 pct
Notes
Semiconductor shipments are no longer be listed separately but are included in the computers and electronic products and other applicable aggregate totals.
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