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New Orders for Durable Goods Increased 2.8%, Ex-Trans Up 0.3%
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New orders for manufactured durable goods in January increased $6.5 billion or 2.8 percent to $236.1 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This increase, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, followed a 3.7 percent December decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.3 percent. Excluding defense, new orders increased 3.0 percent. Transportation equipment, also up following two consecutive monthly decreases, led the increase, $6.0 billion or 9.1 percent to $72.1 billion.
Shipments of manufactured durable goods in January, down three of the last four months, decreased $2.7 billion or 1.1 percent to $245.1 billion. This followed a 1.5 percent December increase. Transportation equipment, down two of the last three months, led the decrease, $1.3 billion or 1.7 percent to $73.9 billion.
Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in January, down two consecutive months, decreased $2.0 billion or 0.2 percent to $1,163.4 billion. This followed a 0.9 percent December decrease. Transportation equipment, also down two consecutive months, led the decrease, $1.9 billion or 0.3 percent to $736.8 billion.
Inventories of manufactured durable goods in January, up twenty-one of the last twenty-two months, increased $1.8 billion or 0.4 percent to $412.5 billion. This was at the highest level since the series was first published on a NAICS basis in 1992 and followed a 0.5 percent December increase. Transportation equipment, also up twenty-one of the last twenty-two months, led the increase, $0.7 billion or 0.5 percent to $134.4 billion.
Nondefense new orders for capital goods in January increased $6.9 billion or 9.5 percent to $79.8 billion. Shipments increased $0.8 billion or 1.0 percent to $80.2 billion. Unfilled orders decreased $0.5 billion or 0.1 percent to $731.0 billion. Inventories increased $0.2 billion or 0.1 percent to $186.9 billion. Defense new orders for capital goods in January decreased $0.4 billion or 5.2 percent to $7.6 billion. Shipments decreased $1.3 billion or 12.0 percent to $9.2 billion. Unfilled orders decreased $1.7 billion or 1.1 percent to $153.4 billion. Inventories increased $0.2 billion or 0.7 percent to $24.2 billion.
Revised seasonally adjusted December figures for all manufacturing industries were: new orders, $470.6 billion (revised from $471.5 billion); shipments, $488.7 billion (revised from $488.2 billion); unfilled orders, $1,165.5 billion (revised from $1,166.9 billion); and total inventories, $653.1 billion (revised from $653.9 billion).
Posted: February 26, 2015 Thursday 08:30 AM