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June New Orders for Durable Goods Increased 3.4%, Ex-Trans up 0.8%
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New orders for manufactured durable goods in June increased $7.7 billion or 3.4 percent to $235.3 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This increase, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, followed a 2.1 percent May decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.8 percent. Excluding defense, new orders increased 3.8 percent. Transportation equipment, also up following two consecutive monthly decreases, led the increase, $6.4 billion or 8.9 percent to $78.4 billion.
Shipments of manufactured durable goods in June, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $0.3 billion or 0.1 percent to $239.4 billion. This followed a 0.3 percent May decrease. Transportation equipment, also up following two consecutive monthly decreases, drove the increase, $0.4 billion or 0.5 percent to $77.5 billion.
Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in June, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $1.0 billion or 0.1 percent to $1,195.8 billion. This followed a 0.5 percent May decrease. Transportation equipment, also up following two consecutive monthly decreases, led the increase, $0.8 billion or 0.1 percent to $799.5 billion.
Inventories of manufactured durable goods in June, up twenty-four of the last twenty-five months, increased $1.6 billion or 0.4 percent to $402.3 billion. This was at the highest level since the series was first published on a NAICS basis in 1992 and followed a 0.2 percent May decrease. Transportation equipment, up two of the last three months, led the increase, $0.7 billion or 0.5 percent to $130.8 billion.
Nondefense new orders for capital goods in June increased $6.9 billion or 9.4 percent to $80.8 billion. Shipments decreased $0.1 billion or 0.2 percent to $78.6 billion. Unfilled orders increased $2.2 billion or 0.3 percent to $759.2 billion. Inventories increased $1.0 billion or 0.6 percent to $177.5 billion. Defense new orders for capital goods in June decreased $0.2 billion or 2.5 percent to $8.8 billion. Shipments increased $0.4 billion or 3.8 percent to $9.9 billion. Unfilled orders decreased $1.1 billion or 0.7 percent to $149.6 billion. Inventories increased $0.1 billion or 0.3 percent to $21.9 billion.
Revised seasonally adjusted May figures for all manufacturing industries were: new orders, $470.1 billion (revised from $470.5 billion); shipments, $481.5 billion (revised from $482.1 billion); unfilled orders, $1,194.8 billion (revised from $1,194.6 billion); and total inventories, $649.7 billion (virtually unchanged).
Posted: July 27, 2015 Monday 08:30 AM