United States Durable Goods Orders 1992-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar

New orders for US manufactured durable goods slumped 6.8 percent month-over-month in July of 2017, offsetting a downwardly revised 6.4 percent rise in June which was the highest gain in nearly three years. Figures compare with market expectations of a 6 percent fall. Orders for transport equipment shrank 19 percent, with those for motor vehicles falling 1.2 percent. However, non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, seen as a proxy for business spending plans increased 0.4 percent, following a flat reading in June. Durable Goods Orders in the United States averaged 0.32 percent from 1992 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 22.10 percent in July of 2014 and a record low of -17.90 percent in August of 2014.

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US Durable Goods Orders Fall More than Expected

New orders for US manufactured durable goods slumped 6.8 percent month-over-month in July of 2017, offsetting a downwardly revised 6.4 percent rise in June which was the highest gain in nearly three years. Figures compare with market expectations of a 6 percent fall. Orders for transport equipment shrank 19 percent, with those for motor vehicles falling 1.2 percent. However, non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, seen as a proxy for business spending plans increased 0.4 percent, following a flat reading in June.

Transportation equipment, also down three of the last four months, drove the decrease, $17.4 billion or 19.0 percent to $74.3 billion. Excluding transportation, new orders rose 0.5 percent. Excluding defense, new orders decreased 7.8 percent.

Shipments of manufactured durable goods in July, up three consecutive months, increased $1.0 billion or 0.4 percent to $237.4 billion. This followed a virtually unchanged June increase. Transportation equipment, up two of the last three months, led the increase, $0.4 billion or 0.5 percent to $79.2 billion.

Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in July, down two of the last three months, decreased $3.8 billion or 0.3 percent to $1,131.8 billion. This followed a 1.3 percent June increase. Transportation equipment, also down two of the last three months, drove the decrease, $4.8 billion or 0.6 percent to $772.2 billion.

Inventories of manufactured durable goods in July, up twelve of the last thirteen months, increased $1.3 billion or 0.3 percent to $398.8 billion. This followed a 0.5 percent June increase. Transportation equipment, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, led the increase, $0.6 billion or 0.5 percent to $129.6 billion.

Nondefense new orders for capital goods in July decreased $17.1 billion or 20.2 percent to $67.5 billion. Shipments increased $1.4 billion or 2.0 percent to $72.6 billion. Unfilled orders decreased $5.0 billion or 0.7 percent to $704.5 billion. Inventories decreased $0.4 billion or 0.2 percent to $177.5 billion. Defense new orders for capital goods in July increased $1.5 billion or 14.7 percent to $11.7 billion. Shipments increased $0.3 billion or 3.2 percent to $10.3 billion. Unfilled orders increased $1.4 billion or 1.0 percent to $142.2 billion. Inventories increased $0.7 billion or 3.2 percent to $23.2 billion.

US Census Bureau | Joana Taborda | joana.taborda@tradingeconomics.com
8/25/2017 12:46:20 PM

Recent Releases

US Durable Goods Orders Rise the Most in 3 Years
New orders for US manufactured durable goods jumped 6.5 percent month-over-month in June of 2017, following a downwardly revised 0.1 percent drop in May and beating market expectations of a 3 percent rise. It is the biggest gain since July of 2014, boosted by a 131.2 percent surge in orders for civilian aircraft. However, non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, seen as a proxy for business spending plans decreased 0.1 percent, following an upwardly revised 0.7 percent rise in May and the first drop since December.
Published on 2017-07-27

US Durable Goods Orders Fall For 2nd Month
New orders for US manufactured durable goods fell 1.1 percent month-over-month in May of 2017, following an upwardly revised 0.9 percent drop in April. Figures came worse than market expectations of a 0.9 percent decline, mainly driven by a 3.4 percent slump in transport equipment. Non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, seen as a proxy for business spending plans decreased 0.2 percent.
Published on 2017-06-26

US Durable Goods Orders Fall Less Than Expected
New orders for US manufactured durable goods fell 0.7 percent month-over-month in April 2017, following an upwardly revised 2.3 percent jump in March, better than expectations of a 1.2 percent drop. It was the first decline this year, as orders for machinery fell 0.8 percent and those for civilian aircraft shrank 9.2 percent. Meanwhile, orders for defense aircraft jumped 7.1 percent and those for motor vehicles and parts went up 0.3 percent, the first rise in three months.
Published on 2017-05-26

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Published on 2017-04-27

Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2017-06-26	12:30 PM	Durable Goods Orders MoM	-1.1%	-0.9%	-0.6%	0.2%
2017-07-27	12:30 PM	Durable Goods Orders MoM	6.5%	-0.1%	3%	2.9%
2017-08-25	12:30 PM	Durable Goods Orders MoM	-6.8%	6.4%	-6%	-3.8%
2017-09-27	12:30 PM	Durable Goods Orders MoM		-6.8%	1.5%	2%
2017-10-25	12:30 PM	Durable Goods Orders MoM				0.3%
2017-11-22	01:30 PM	Durable Goods Orders MoM				-0.22%

United States Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	58.80	56.30	77.50	29.40		[+]
Manufacturing PMI	52.80	53.30	57.90	50.70		[+]
Non Manufacturing PMI	55.30	53.90	62.00	37.60	percent	[+]
Services PMI	56.00	54.70	61.00	49.30	Index Points	[+]
Composite Pmi	55.30	54.60	61.00	50.00	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	1.50	2.40	62.00	-33.70	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	-0.90	0.40	16.60	-10.40	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	1.50	1.40	67.90	-39.40	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	76.12	76.88	89.40	66.70	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders	-6.80	6.40	22.10	-17.90	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense	-7.80	6.40	24.80	-18.60	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation	0.50	0.10	7.50	-6.80	percent	[+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation	0.50	0.10	4.60	-7.30	percent	[+]
New Orders	466360.00	481081.00	565232.00	223500.00	USD Million	[+]
Factory Orders	-3.30	3.20	10.20	-9.40	percent	[+]
Business Inventories	0.20	0.50	1.30	-2.00	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	1.80	1.20	132.20	-206.10	USD Billion	[+]
Wholesale Inventories	0.60	0.60	2.10	-2.00	percent	[+]
Bankruptcies	23443.00	23591.00	82446.00	19695.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	1655.60	1642.70	1741.40	14.40	USD Billion	[+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index	105.30	105.20	107.70	80.10	Index Points	[+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	18.90	19.50	58.50	-57.90	Index Points	[+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	14.00	14.00	27.00	-44.00	Index Points	[+]
Ism New York Index	56.60	62.80	88.80	23.40	percent	[+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	24.40	25.20	38.99	-34.30	Index Points	[+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index	17.00	16.80	46.60	-59.50	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index	-0.01	0.16	2.73	-5.11		[+]
Chicago Pmi	58.90	58.90	78.80	21.40	Index Points	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	16.14	16.77	21.77	9.05	Million	[+]
Car Production	3.02	2.62	9.92	1.29	Million Units	[+]
Car Registrations	502.59	580.98	1149.00	331.50	Thousand	[+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change	5.88	4.58	14.42	-15.22	BBL/1Million	[+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change	91.00	65.00	147.00	-287.00	Billion cf	[+]
Gasoline Stocks Change	-8428.00	-3199.00	11456.00	-8428.00	Thousand Barrels	[+]
Leading Economic Index	182.28	181.78	182.29	70.21	Index Points	[+]
Small Business Sentiment	51.67	49.03	59.12	48.35		[+]
Steel Production	7071.00	6707.00	11951.00	3799.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Mining Production	9.70	10.40	108.20	-28.80	percent	[+]
Ease of Doing Business	8.00	7.00	8.00	4.00		[+]
Competitiveness Index	5.70	5.61	5.79	5.42	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	3.00	3.00	7.00	1.00		[+]
Corruption Index	74.00	76.00	78.00	71.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	18.00	16.00	24.00	14.00		[+]

United States Durable Goods Orders Notes

Durable Goods Orders refer to new orders placed with manufacturers for delivery of hard goods in the future. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Durable Goods Orders - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Durable Goods Orders - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2017.