U.S. Durable Goods New Orders, Durable Goods Shipments by Category and Industry,U.S. Economy

In July U.S. durable-goods orders decreased by -2.00 % to $247 billions, a decrease by $5 billions from $252 in June on the seasonally adjusted basis. From July 2017, bookings jumped by 7.84 % and shipments by 6.03 %. The increase in orders has been spearheaded by a growth among U.S. manufacturers. They are seeing greater demand for a variety of goods, including passenger jets, primary metals and machinery. Durable goods are big-ticket items such as autos, planes, appliances, furniture and computers designed to last at least three years. While orders jump around from month to month, they have gradually been increasing.

Invetories of U.S.-made products designed to last three years or more, such as autos or appliances increased in July on the seasonally adjusted basis by 1.35 % to $408 billions, an increase of $5 billions from $403 in June, reported by the Commerce Department. Inventory to shipments ratio grew to 1.63 from 1.60 in the previous month.

Another category of orders closely watched by economists, known as core capital goods, orders have climbed despite decrease in total orders, by 1.36 % on the seasonally adjusted basis and inventories by 1.36 % %. From July 2017, Core capital goods orders jumped by 8.62 % and inventories by 0.29 %.

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Manufacturing New Orders		Primary Metals New Orders		Capital Goods New Orders		Transp. Equip. New Orders
-3.89%	5.54%	0.16%	11.62%	-5.48%	7.59%	-5.56%	12.27%
*M/M*	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y

Unfilled orders declined by -0.03 % on the seasonally adjusted basis, led by -0.54 % decrease in defense aircraft and parts unfilled bookings, representing 6.18 % of total durable goods unfilled orders. Government purchases of defense products are uneven and can sometimes distort the data.. Invetories of U.S.-made products designed to last three years or more, such as autos or appliances jumped by 2.87 % for the year.
In July total durable goods shipments fell by -0.32 % to $251 billions, a decrease by $1 billions from $252 in June on the seasonally adjusted basis. Shipments excluding the volatile transportation sector, grew by 0.35 %.

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New Orders / Shipments Ratio	Inventory / Shipments Ratio
New orders / shipments ratio for total durable goods was 0.98. Excluding transportation new orders / shipments ratio was 0.98. Excluding defense new orders / shipments ratio was 0.99.	Inventory / shipments ratio for total durable goods was 1.63. Excluding transportation Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.66. Excluding defense Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.61.

Shipments Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	July 2018 adv.	June 2018 adv.	May 2018 adv.	April 2018 adv.	March 2018 adv.	Feb. 2018 rest.
Total	250,786	251,603	247,482	246,735	249,979	249,706
Excluding transportation	166,879	166,290	165,288	163,914	166,533	167,605
Excluding defense	237,316	238,267	233,940	232,894	237,598	236,493
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	172,993	175,699	173,973	171,036	176,458	176,160
Primary metals	21,575	21,471	21,277	21,223	21,523	21,332
Fabricated metal products	33,069	32,972	32,740	32,387	33,842	34,038
Machinery	32,884	32,816	32,589	32,058	32,589	33,393
Computers & electronic products	27,217	26,671	26,664	26,305	28,218	28,201
Computers & related products	1,970	1,734	1,806	1,808	1,754	1,888
Communications equipment	3,550	3,536	3,433	3,362	3,290	3,240
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	11,341	11,386	11,269	11,468	10,444	10,407
Transportation equipment	83,907	85,313	82,194	82,821	83,446	82,101
Motor vehicles & parts	4,655	4,313	55,433	58,294	3,783	4,307
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	59,981	57,917	13,405	10,880	57,451	57,353
Defense Aircraft & parts	10,566	14,224	4,560	4,391	13,389	11,440
All other durable goods	40,793	40,974	40,749	40,473	39,917	40,234
Capital goods	86,291	89,844	88,150	86,098	87,444	86,413
Nondefense capital goods	74,909	78,382	76,603	74,077	76,858	75,311
Excluding aircraft	68,580	68,094	67,392	67,309	67,303	68,117
Defense capital goods	11,382	11,462	11,547	12,021	10,586	11,102

New Orders Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	July 2018 adv.	June 2018 adv.	May 2018 adv.	April 2018 adv.	March 2018 adv.	Feb. 2018 rest.
Total	246,852	251,884	249,402	248,496	254,947	247,718
Excluding transportation	164,026	164,179	163,585	161,438	163,534	164,224
Excluding defense	233,879	236,831	233,344	235,774	242,662	235,034
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	173,059	180,069	180,021	176,569	185,733	178,410
Primary metals	21,859	21,825	21,922	21,676	22,133	21,532
Fabricated metal products	33,201	33,488	33,454	33,381	34,397	34,524
Machinery	33,196	33,079	33,023	31,632	32,565	33,667
Computers & electronic products	23,531	23,243	23,096	22,762	24,177	23,884
Computers & related products	1,985	1,740	1,815	1,812	1,850	1,911
Communications equipment	3,612	3,726	3,725	3,410	3,337	3,054
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	11,475	11,492	11,327	11,568	10,416	10,339
Transportation equipment	82,826	87,705	85,817	87,058	91,413	83,494
Motor vehicles & parts	4,289	6,570	55,404	58,415	3,058	3,563
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	60,117	57,868	14,076	16,228	57,748	57,463
Defense Aircraft & parts	9,213	14,678	5,467	3,849	20,997	13,113
All other durable goods	40,764	41,052	40,763	40,419	39,846	40,278
Capital goods	85,572	90,532	90,340	89,548	93,764	88,049
Nondefense capital goods	74,737	78,576	76,817	78,589	83,142	77,369
Excluding aircraft	69,683	68,750	68,327	67,275	67,238	67,831
Defense capital goods	10,835	11,956	13,523	10,959	10,622	10,680

New Orders Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	July 2018 adv.	June 2018 adv.	May 2018 adv.	April 2018 adv.	March 2018 adv.	Feb. 2018 rest.
Total	246,852	251,884	249,402	248,496	254,947	247,718
Excluding transportation	164,026	164,179	163,585	161,438	163,534	164,224
Excluding defense	233,879	236,831	233,344	235,774	242,662	235,034
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	173,059	180,069	180,021	176,569	185,733	178,410
Primary metals	21,859	21,825	21,922	21,676	22,133	21,532
Fabricated metal products	33,201	33,488	33,454	33,381	34,397	34,524
Machinery	33,196	33,079	33,023	31,632	32,565	33,667
Computers & electronic products	23,531	23,243	23,096	22,762	24,177	23,884
Computers & related products	1,985	1,740	1,815	1,812	1,850	1,911
Communications equipment	3,612	3,726	3,725	3,410	3,337	3,054
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	11,475	11,492	11,327	11,568	10,416	10,339
Transportation equipment	82,826	87,705	85,817	87,058	91,413	83,494
Motor vehicles & parts	4,289	6,570	55,404	58,415	3,058	3,563
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	60,117	57,868	14,076	16,228	57,748	57,463
Defense Aircraft & parts	9,213	14,678	5,467	3,849	20,997	13,113
All other durable goods	40,764	41,052	40,763	40,419	39,846	40,278
Capital goods	85,572	90,532	90,340	89,548	93,764	88,049
Nondefense capital goods	74,737	78,576	76,817	78,589	83,142	77,369
Excluding aircraft	69,683	68,750	68,327	67,275	67,238	67,831
Defense capital goods	10,835	11,956	13,523	10,959	10,622	10,680

Unfilled Orders Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	July 2018 adv.	June 2018 adv.	May 2018 adv.	April 2018 adv.	March 2018 adv.	Feb. 2018 rest.
Total	1,164,726	1,165,082	1,160,712	1,153,353	1,153,966	1,143,293
Excluding transportation	363,951	362,779	360,801	357,181	371,153	370,048
Excluding defense	982,648	982,328	979,675	975,462	980,103	969,369
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	1,164,726	1,165,082	1,160,712	1,153,353	1,153,966	1,143,293
Primary metals	31,121	30,788	30,434	29,589	32,825	31,884
Fabricated metal products	83,767	83,862	83,346	82,364	83,331	82,909
Machinery	104,692	104,420	104,157	103,114	102,311	102,660
Computers & electronic products	115,321	115,053	114,392	113,816	120,052	119,771
Computers & related products	2,033	2,021	2,015	2,000	2,132	2,036
Communications equipment	26,080	26,016	25,826	25,599	28,382	28,330
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	19,821	19,517	19,411	19,313	22,285	22,316
Transportation equipment	800,775	802,303	799,911	796,172	782,813	773,245
Motor vehicles & parts	26,743	26,576	26,625	26,814	25,262	24,741
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	600,810	602,526	602,072	601,703	591,825	582,935
Defense Aircraft & parts	72,025	72,419	70,162	69,107	69,231	70,008
All other durable goods	9,229	9,139	9,061	8,985	10,349	10,508
Capital goods	861,003	861,937	861,249	858,507	856,739	849,120
Nondefense capital goods	714,021	714,235	714,041	713,853	716,084	708,562
Excluding aircraft	220,694	219,467	218,811	217,319	228,179	228,333
Defense capital goods	146,982	147,702	147,208	144,654	140,655	140,558

Total Inventories Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	July 2018 adv.	June 2018 adv.	May 2018 adv.	April 2018 adv.	March 2018 adv.	Feb. 2018 rest.
Total	408,262	402,836	403,266	401,688	411,007	410,570
Excluding transportation	276,919	275,937	274,524	273,186	279,316	277,889
Excluding defense	381,039	375,629	376,476	375,035	383,634	383,209
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	332,336	327,256	327,929	326,866	334,270	334,081
Primary metals	35,492	34,928	34,709	34,191	34,871	34,666
Fabricated metal products	53,369	53,069	52,467	51,997	52,028	51,642
Machinery	68,192	68,150	67,892	67,835	70,801	70,476
Computers & electronic products	43,217	43,490	43,307	43,246	45,981	45,792
Computers & related products	3,667	3,732	3,695	3,644	4,315	4,369
Communications equipment	5,414	5,435	5,449	5,366	4,635	4,601
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	18,749	18,686	18,556	18,411	18,414	18,332
Transportation equipment	131,343	126,899	128,742	128,502	131,691	132,681
Motor vehicles & parts	36,438	36,324	36,148	35,548	35,614	35,590
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	67,061	62,916	65,193	65,639	67,296	68,290
Defense Aircraft & parts	12,900	12,846	12,776	12,734	13,172	13,202
All other durable goods	57,900	57,614	57,593	57,506	57,221	56,981
Capital goods	201,493	197,712	199,004	198,391	205,728	206,292
Nondefense capital goods	178,605	174,822	176,538	176,143	182,474	183,072
Excluding aircraft	123,494	123,504	123,110	122,525	126,436	126,110
Defense capital goods	22,888	22,890	22,466	22,248	23,254	23,220

Inventory/Shipments ratio Seasonally Adjusted	July 2018 adv.	June 2018 adv.	May 2018 adv.	April 2018 adv.	March 2018 adv.	Feb. 2018 rest.
Total	1.63	1.60	1.63	1.63	1.64	1.64
Excluding transportation	1.66	1.66	1.66	1.67	1.68	1.66
Excluding defense	1.61	1.58	1.61	1.61	1.61	1.62
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	1.92	1.86	1.88	1.91	1.89	1.90
Primary metals	1.65	1.63	1.63	1.61	1.62	1.63
Fabricated metal products	1.61	1.61	1.60	1.61	1.54	1.52
Machinery	2.07	2.08	2.08	2.12	2.17	2.11
Computers & electronic products	1.59	1.63	1.62	1.64	1.63	1.62
Computers & related products	1.86	2.15	2.05	2.02	2.46	2.31
Communications equipment	1.53	1.54	1.59	1.60	1.41	1.42
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	1.65	1.64	1.65	1.61	1.76	1.76
Transportation equipment	1.57	1.49	1.57	1.55	1.58	1.62
Motor vehicles & parts	0.61	0.63	0.65	0.61	0.62	0.62
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	6.35	4.42	4.86	6.03	5.03	5.97
Defense Aircraft & parts	2.77	2.98	2.80	2.90	3.48	3.07
All other durable goods	1.42	1.41	1.41	1.42	1.43	1.42
Capital goods	2.34	2.20	2.26	2.30	2.35	2.39
Nondefense capital goods	2.38	2.23	2.30	2.38	2.37	2.43
Excluding aircraft	1.80	1.81	1.83	1.82	1.88	1.85
Defense capital goods	2.01	2.00	1.95	1.85	2.20	2.09

• Source U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturing and Construction Division

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