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

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. Durable Goods Orders in the United States averaged 0.31 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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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	Forecast
2017-04-27	12:30 PM	Mar	0.7%	2.3%	1.2%	0.9%
2017-05-26	12:30 PM	Apr	-0.7%	2.3%	-1.2%	-0.7%
2017-06-26	12:30 PM	May	-1.1%	-0.9%	-0.6%	0.2%
2017-07-27	12:30 PM	Jun		-1.1%		0.4%
2017-08-25	12:30 PM	Jul				0.09%
2017-09-27	12:30 PM	Aug				0.37%

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.

Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.1 percent. Excluding defense, new orders decreased 0.6 percent.

Shipments of manufactured durable goods in May, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $1.8 billion or 0.8 percent to $234.9 billion. This followed a 0.3 percent April decrease. Transportation equipment, up following four consecutive monthly decreases, led the increase, $1.5 billion or 1.9 percent to $78.8 billion.

Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in May, down following two consecutive monthly increases, decreased $2.3 billion or 0.2 percent to $1,120.1 billion. This followed a 0.2 percent April increase. Transportation equipment, also down following two consecutive monthly increases, drove the decrease, $3.4 billion or 0.4 percent to $762.8 billion.

Inventories of manufactured durable goods in May, up ten of the last eleven months, increased $0.7 billion or 0.2 percent to $395.4 billion. This followed a 0.2 percent April increase. Computers and electronic products, up nine of the last ten months, led the increase, $0.1 billion or 0.3 percent to $44.3 billion.

Nondefense new orders for capital goods in May decreased $1.7 billion or 2.4 percent to $68.3 billion. Shipments increased $0.3 billion or 0.4 percent to $70.1 billion. Unfilled orders decreased $1.8 billion or 0.3 percent to $695.0 billion. Inventories decreased less than $0.1 billion or virtually unchanged to $176.8 billion.

Defense new orders for capital goods in May decreased $0.8 billion or 8.2 percent to $9.2 billion. Shipments increased less than $0.1 billion or 0.3 percent to $10.2 billion. Unfilled orders decreased $1.1 billion or 0.8 percent to $140.4 billion. Inventories increased less than $0.1 billion or 0.1 percent to $22.5 billion.

US Census Bureau | Joana Taborda | joana.taborda@tradingeconomics.com
6/26/2017 12:38:31 PM

Recent Releases

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

US Durable Goods Orders Rise Less Than Estimated
New orders for US manufactured durable goods went up 0.7 percent month-over-month in March of 2017, following an upwardly revised 2.3 percent jump in February and below expectations of a 1.2 percent rise.
Published on 2017-04-27

US Durable Goods Orders Above Expectations
New orders for US manufactured durable goods went up 1.7 percent month-over-month in February of 2017, following an upwardly revised 2.3 percent jump in January and beating market expectations of a 1.2 percent rise. Civilian aircraft orders surged 47.6 percent and were the main driver of the increase. Non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely proxy for business spending plans, fell 0.1 percent after edging up 0.1 percent in the previous month.
Published on 2017-03-24

US Durable Goods Rise More Than Expected
New orders for US manufactured durable goods went up 1.8 percent month-over-month in January of 2017, following an upwardly revised 0.8 percent drop in December and beating market expectations of a 1.7 percent rise. It is the first gain in three months, boosted by a 6 percent jump in transportation equipment. However, non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, fell 0.4 percent after an upwardly revised 1.1 percent gain in December.
Published on 2017-02-27

United States Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	54.90	54.80	77.50	29.40		[+]
Services PMI	53.00	53.60	61.00	49.30	Index Points	[+]
Non Manufacturing PMI	56.90	57.50	62.00	37.60	percent	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	52.10	52.70	57.90	50.70		[+]
Composite Pmi	53.00	53.60	61.00	50.00	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	2.20	2.10	62.00	-33.70	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.00	1.10	16.60	-10.40	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	1.40	1.60	67.90	-39.40	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	76.60	76.70	89.40	66.70	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders	-1.10	-0.90	22.10	-17.90	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense	-0.60	-0.90	24.80	-18.60	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation	0.10	-0.50	7.50	-6.80	percent	[+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation	0.10	0.20	4.60	-7.30	percent	[+]
New Orders	469030.00	478185.00	565232.00	223500.00	USD Million	[+]
Factory Orders	-0.20	1.00	10.20	-9.40	percent	[+]
Business Inventories	-0.20	0.20	1.30	-2.00	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	4.30	49.60	117.20	-206.10	USD Billion	[+]
Wholesale Inventories	-0.50	0.10	2.10	-2.00	percent	[+]
Bankruptcies	23591.00	24114.00	82446.00	19695.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	1571.20	1611.40	1703.60	14.40	USD Billion	[+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index	104.50	104.50	107.70	80.10	Index Points	[+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	19.80	-1.00	38.99	-34.30	Index Points	[+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	27.60	38.80	58.50	-57.90	Index Points	[+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	1.00	20.00	26.00	-43.00	Index Points	[+]
Ism New York Index	46.70	55.80	88.80	23.40	percent	[+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index	15.00	17.20	46.60	-59.50	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index	-0.26	0.57	2.73	-5.10		[+]
Chicago Pmi	59.40	58.30	78.80	21.40	Index Points	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	16.66	16.88	21.77	9.05	Million	[+]
Car Production	3.48	3.54	9.92	1.29	Million Units	[+]
Car Registrations	524.96	569.19	1149.00	331.50	Thousand	[+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change	-2.45	-1.66	14.42	-15.22	BBL/1Million	[+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change	61.00	78.00	147.00	-287.00	Billion cf	[+]
Gasoline Stocks Change	-578.00	2096.00	11456.00	-8419.00	Thousand Barrels	[+]
Leading Economic Index	181.55	181.22	182.29	70.21	Index Points	[+]
Small Business Sentiment	51.67	49.03	59.12	48.35		[+]
Steel Production	6995.00	6717.00	11951.00	3799.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Mining Production	8.30	7.10	108.20	-28.80	percent	[+]
Corruption Index	74.00	76.00	78.00	71.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	18.00	16.00	24.00	14.00		[+]
Competitiveness Index	5.70	5.61	5.79	5.42	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	3.00	3.00	7.00	1.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	8.00	7.00	8.00	4.00		[+]

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 June of 2017.