New orders for US-manufactured durable goods jumped 5.3% month over month in November 2025, rebounding from a revised 2.1% decline in October and beating market expectations for a 3.7% increase. The gain was driven by a sharp rebound in transportation equipment orders, which surged 14.7% after a 6.3% fall in October, led by a 97.6% spike in civilian aircraft bookings. Elsewhere, orders also rose for electrical equipment, appliances and components (1.7% vs. -0.5%), fabricated metal products (1.0% vs. 0.8%), machinery (0.5% vs. 0.6%), and computers and electronic products (0.2%, unchanged). Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.5% after a 0.1% gain in October, while orders excluding defense surged 6.6%, reversing a 1.3% decline in the previous month. Meanwhile, orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, rose by 0.7%, after a 0.3% gain the previous month. source: U.S. Census Bureau

Durable Goods Orders in the United States increased 5.30 percent in November of 2025 over the previous month. Durable Goods Orders in the United States averaged 0.35 percent from 1992 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 26.40 percent in July of 2014 and a record low of -21.20 percent in August of 2014. 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 - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Durable Goods Orders in the United States increased 5.30 percent in November of 2025 over the previous month. Durable Goods Orders in the United States is expected to be 0.90 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Durable Goods Orders is projected to trend around 0.30 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-12-23 01:30 PM
Durable Goods Orders MoM
Oct -2.2% 0.7% -1.5% -0.9%
2026-01-26 01:30 PM
Durable Goods Orders MoM
Nov 5.3% -2.1% 3.7% 1.1%
2026-02-18 01:30 PM
Durable Goods Orders MoM
Dec 5.3% -2% -3.4%

Components Last Previous Unit Reference
Durable Goods Orders ex Defense MoM 6.60 -1.30 percent Nov 2025
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transp MoM 0.50 0.10 percent Nov 2025
Non Defense Goods Orders Ex Air 0.70 0.30 percent Nov 2025

Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Business Inventories MoM 0.10 0.20 percent Nov 2025
Durable Goods Orders MoM 5.30 -2.10 percent Nov 2025
Factory Orders MoM 2.70 -1.20 percent Nov 2025
Factory Orders ex Transportation 0.20 -0.10 percent Nov 2025
New Orders 621621.00 605401.00 USD Million Nov 2025
Retail Inventories Ex Autos MoM 0.20 0.20 percent Nov 2025
Wholesale Inventories MoM 0.20 0.20 percent Nov 2025


United States Durable Goods Orders
Durable Goods Orders refer to new orders placed with manufacturers for delivery of hard goods which meant to last at least three years.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
5.30 -2.10 26.40 -21.20 1992 - 2025 percent Monthly
Current Prices, SA

News Stream
US Durable Goods Orders Surge in November
New orders for US-manufactured durable goods jumped 5.3% month over month in November 2025, rebounding from a revised 2.1% decline in October and beating market expectations for a 3.7% increase. The gain was driven by a sharp rebound in transportation equipment orders, which surged 14.7% after a 6.3% fall in October, led by a 97.6% spike in civilian aircraft bookings. Elsewhere, orders also rose for electrical equipment, appliances and components (1.7% vs. -0.5%), fabricated metal products (1.0% vs. 0.8%), machinery (0.5% vs. 0.6%), and computers and electronic products (0.2%, unchanged). Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.5% after a 0.1% gain in October, while orders excluding defense surged 6.6%, reversing a 1.3% decline in the previous month. Meanwhile, orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, rose by 0.7%, after a 0.3% gain the previous month.
2026-01-26
US Durable Goods Orders Fall More than Expected
New orders for US-manufactured durable goods fell by 2.2% from the previous month to $307.4 billion in October of 2025, more than erasing the upwardly revised 0.7% increase from September, more pronounced than market expectations that orders would have fallen by 1.5%. Orders were lower for transportation equipment (-6.5% to $103.8 billion) amid plunges for nondefense (-20.1% to $17.4 billion) and defense (-32.4% to $6.1 billion) aircraft orders, capital goods (-5.6% to $107.4 billion), and primary metals (-0.7% to $27.2 billion). In turn, orders were higher for fabricated metal products (0.5% to $41.9 billion) and machinery (0.8% to $40 billion). Meanwhile, orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, rose by 0.5%.
2025-12-23
US Durable Goods Orders Edge Higher in September
New orders for US-manufactured durable goods rose 0.5% month-over-month in September 2025, following an upwardly revised 3.0% increase in August and exceeding market expectations of 0.3%. Demand for transportation equipment grew 0.4%, compared with 8.0% in the previous month, driven by vehicles (+0.4% vs. +0.6%) and defense aircraft (+30.9% vs. +48.3%). Other sectors also posted gains, including electrical equipment, appliances, and components (+1.5% vs. +0.6%), primary metals (+1.4% vs. +0.5%), computers and electronic products (+0.5% vs. -1.1%), fabricated metal products (+0.5%, unchanged), and machinery (+0.1% vs. +2.2%). Excluding transportation, new orders rose 0.6% in September after a 0.5% gain in August, while excluding defense, they increased just 0.1% following a 1.9% rise the prior month. Meanwhile, orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, rose by 0.9%, the same as in August.
2025-11-26