Orders for long-lasting U.S. goods fell sharply in January, although shipments grew slightly, as decline in primary metals orders offset a gain in bookings for fabricated metal.The Commerce Department reported orders for U.S.-made big-ticket items deteriorated in January by -3.90 % to $240 billions, a decrease by $10 billions from $249 in December on the seasonally adjusted basis. What’s unclear is whether the size of the decline in January reflects a one-month aberration, or the start of a new trend. Economists say it takes at least several months of data to find out. New orders jumped by 4.07 % for the year, and shipments by 3.63 %. 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.

The Commerce Department announced total durable goods shipments edge up by 0.07 % to $247 billions, an increase of $0 billions from $247 in December in January on the seasonally adjusted basis, as shipments of computers and related products grew the most, up 7.54 % to $2 billions. Shipments excluding the volatile transportation sector, grew by 0.06 %.

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Manufacturing New Orders		Primary Metals New Orders		Capital Goods New Orders		Transp. Equip. New Orders
-5.11%	3.65%	-0.35%	13.48%	-5.80%	4.29%	-10.87%	1.72%
*M/M*	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y

What's more, demand for big-ticket outside the defense and transportation sectors, a category known as core capital goods, usually declines in the first month of a new quarter based on long-standing business purchasing habits. Another category of orders closely watched by economists, known as core capital goods, orders sunk by -0.66 % on the seasonally adjusted basis, but shipments grew by 0.09 %.
That category excludes defense and transportation and gives a better indication of longer-term trends in the private sector.
Over the last 12 months, core capital goods bookings soared by 3.29 % and shipments by 5.79 %.
Inventories grew in January by 0.49 % to $409 billions, an increase of $2 billions from $407 in December on the seasonally adjusted basis, as inventories of aircrafts and parts grew 1.27 % to $68 billions, reported by the Commerce Department. Inventory to shipments ratio grew to 1.65 from 1.65 in the previous month.

Unfilled orders fell by -0.28 % on the seasonally adjusted basis, as unfilled orders for electrical equipment fell -2.44 % to $22 billions. total durable goods inventories grew by 2.38 % over the past 12 months.

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New Orders / Shipments Ratio	Inventory / Shipments Ratio
New orders / shipments ratio for total durable goods was 0.97. Excluding transportation new orders / shipments ratio was 0.98. Excluding defense new orders / shipments ratio was 0.98.	Inventory / shipments ratio for total durable goods was 1.65. Excluding transportation Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.67. Excluding defense Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.63.

Shipments Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	Jan. 2018 adv.	Dec. 2017 adv.	Nov. 2017 adv.	Oct. 2017 adv.	Sep. 2017 rest.	Aug. 2017 adv.
Total	246,997	246,812	244,524	240,963	240,532	237,199
Excluding transportation	165,682	165,583	163,195	161,846	160,808	158,881
Excluding defense	233,392	233,661	231,453	228,047	227,869	224,823
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	174,547	173,806	172,271	169,306	169,570	166,919
Primary metals	20,728	20,677	20,023	19,924	19,835	19,637
Fabricated metal products	33,659	33,462	32,696	32,545	32,401	32,048
Machinery	32,788	32,683	32,632	32,091	31,893	31,433
Computers & electronic products	28,245	27,979	27,947	27,556	27,315	27,072
Computers & related products	1,926	1,791	1,902	1,938	1,914	2,029
Communications equipment	3,298	3,277	3,239	3,117	3,027	2,907
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	10,315	10,179	10,178	10,198	10,143	9,958
Transportation equipment	81,315	81,229	81,329	79,117	79,724	78,318
Motor vehicles & parts	56,323	56,570	56,098	55,372	54,537	54,209
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	11,437	11,310	12,067	10,769	12,531	11,507
Defense Aircraft & parts	4,228	4,208	4,204	4,226	3,978	4,067
All other durable goods	39,947	40,603	39,719	39,532	39,221	38,733
Capital goods	85,898	85,352	85,732	83,230	84,143	81,955
Nondefense capital goods	74,369	74,266	74,622	72,366	73,540	71,565
Excluding aircraft	67,114	67,052	66,667	65,786	65,144	64,431
Defense capital goods	11,529	11,086	11,110	10,864	10,603	10,390

New Orders Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	Jan. 2018 adv.	Dec. 2017 adv.	Nov. 2017 adv.	Oct. 2017 adv.	Sep. 2017 rest.	Aug. 2017 adv.
Total	239,724	249,448	241,358	236,006	238,695	232,798
Excluding transportation	162,002	162,246	160,421	158,865	157,446	155,425
Excluding defense	228,738	235,129	228,758	224,499	225,343	220,070
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	171,441	180,671	173,412	168,815	172,331	166,979
Primary metals	20,764	20,836	20,370	20,035	19,895	19,636
Fabricated metal products	34,152	33,582	33,166	33,047	33,273	32,540
Machinery	32,917	33,169	32,589	32,167	31,761	31,863
Computers & electronic products	24,145	23,867	24,093	23,791	23,323	22,818
Computers & related products	1,932	1,825	1,922	1,962	1,948	2,059
Communications equipment	3,497	3,261	3,524	3,519	3,429	3,161
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	9,992	10,251	10,402	10,299	10,040	9,858
Transportation equipment	77,722	87,202	80,937	77,141	81,249	77,373
Motor vehicles & parts	56,438	56,757	56,228	55,495	54,645	53,886
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	10,376	14,460	12,513	10,575	12,752	10,521
Defense Aircraft & parts	2,760	5,329	3,697	3,111	3,848	4,108
All other durable goods	40,032	40,541	39,801	39,526	39,154	38,710
Capital goods	82,822	87,922	85,985	82,177	86,417	81,624
Nondefense capital goods	73,644	75,116	75,421	72,262	74,876	70,959
Excluding aircraft	66,695	67,135	67,142	66,172	65,935	64,752
Defense capital goods	9,178	12,806	10,564	9,915	11,541	10,665

New Orders Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	Jan. 2018 adv.	Dec. 2017 adv.	Nov. 2017 adv.	Oct. 2017 adv.	Sep. 2017 rest.	Aug. 2017 adv.
Total	239,724	249,448	241,358	236,006	238,695	232,798
Excluding transportation	162,002	162,246	160,421	158,865	157,446	155,425
Excluding defense	228,738	235,129	228,758	224,499	225,343	220,070
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	171,441	180,671	173,412	168,815	172,331	166,979
Primary metals	20,764	20,836	20,370	20,035	19,895	19,636
Fabricated metal products	34,152	33,582	33,166	33,047	33,273	32,540
Machinery	32,917	33,169	32,589	32,167	31,761	31,863
Computers & electronic products	24,145	23,867	24,093	23,791	23,323	22,818
Computers & related products	1,932	1,825	1,922	1,962	1,948	2,059
Communications equipment	3,497	3,261	3,524	3,519	3,429	3,161
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	9,992	10,251	10,402	10,299	10,040	9,858
Transportation equipment	77,722	87,202	80,937	77,141	81,249	77,373
Motor vehicles & parts	56,438	56,757	56,228	55,495	54,645	53,886
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	10,376	14,460	12,513	10,575	12,752	10,521
Defense Aircraft & parts	2,760	5,329	3,697	3,111	3,848	4,108
All other durable goods	40,032	40,541	39,801	39,526	39,154	38,710
Capital goods	82,822	87,922	85,985	82,177	86,417	81,624
Nondefense capital goods	73,644	75,116	75,421	72,262	74,876	70,959
Excluding aircraft	66,695	67,135	67,142	66,172	65,935	64,752
Defense capital goods	9,178	12,806	10,564	9,915	11,541	10,665

Unfilled Orders Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	Jan. 2018 adv.	Dec. 2017 adv.	Nov. 2017 adv.	Oct. 2017 adv.	Sep. 2017 final	Aug. 2017 adv.
Total	1,140,851	1,144,099	1,134,617	1,134,617	1,135,073	1,132,333
Excluding transportation	369,089	368,222	364,890	364,890	362,958	361,351
Excluding defense	966,379	966,475	957,774	957,774	955,998	953,969
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	1,140,851	1,144,099	1,134,617	1,134,617	1,135,073	1,132,333
Primary metals	31,674	31,514	30,850	30,850	30,619	30,341
Fabricated metal products	82,390	81,265	80,804	80,804	80,174	79,316
Machinery	102,173	102,315	100,957	100,957	100,959	101,095
Computers & electronic products	119,982	119,898	119,451	119,451	118,599	117,922
Computers & related products	2,011	2,005	1,944	1,944	1,920	1,886
Communications equipment	28,659	28,447	28,258	28,258	27,840	27,387
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	22,279	22,837	22,531	22,531	22,221	22,198
Transportation equipment	771,762	775,877	769,727	769,727	772,115	770,982
Motor vehicles & parts	24,638	24,449	23,981	23,981	23,931	23,463
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	581,181	582,278	578,369	578,369	578,104	578,678
Defense Aircraft & parts	70,932	72,685	72,109	72,109	73,590	74,059
All other durable goods	10,591	10,393	10,297	10,297	10,386	10,479
Capital goods	847,086	851,053	847,525	847,525	848,676	846,574
Nondefense capital goods	706,110	707,285	705,228	705,228	704,788	704,001
Excluding aircraft	228,667	229,438	228,293	228,293	227,742	226,761
Defense capital goods	140,976	143,768	142,297	142,297	143,888	142,573

Total Inventories Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	Jan. 2018 adv.	Dec. 2017 adv.	Nov. 2017 adv.	Oct. 2017 adv.	Sep. 2017 final	Aug. 2017 adv.
Total	408,537	406,535	404,056	404,056	403,569	400,548
Excluding transportation	276,676	275,741	273,148	273,148	272,750	270,782
Excluding defense	381,230	379,069	376,222	376,222	376,007	372,864
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	332,517	330,781	328,671	328,671	328,029	325,526
Primary metals	34,338	34,150	33,851	33,851	33,598	33,336
Fabricated metal products	51,331	50,847	50,511	50,511	50,373	49,982
Machinery	70,325	70,404	69,598	69,598	69,779	69,020
Computers & electronic products	45,481	45,325	45,048	45,048	45,087	44,831
Computers & related products	4,362	4,387	4,389	4,389	4,407	4,349
Communications equipment	4,596	4,595	4,548	4,548	4,554	4,675
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	18,260	18,183	17,771	17,771	17,817	17,718
Transportation equipment	131,861	130,794	130,908	130,908	130,819	129,766
Motor vehicles & parts	35,380	35,019	34,612	34,612	35,008	34,588
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	67,764	66,912	67,044	67,044	66,713	65,901
Defense Aircraft & parts	13,184	13,414	13,397	13,397	13,225	13,433
All other durable goods	56,941	56,832	56,369	56,369	56,096	55,895
Capital goods	205,094	204,139	203,283	203,283	203,291	201,771
Nondefense capital goods	181,943	180,907	179,655	179,655	179,892	178,294
Excluding aircraft	125,626	125,534	124,215	124,215	124,666	123,683
Defense capital goods	23,151	23,232	23,628	23,628	23,399	23,477

Inventory/Shipments ratio Seasonally Adjusted	Jan. 2018 adv.	Dec. 2017 adv.	Nov. 2017 adv.	Oct. 2017 adv.	Sep. 2017 final	Aug. 2017 adv.
Total	1.65	1.65	1.65	1.68	1.68	1.69
Excluding transportation	1.67	1.67	1.67	1.69	1.70	1.70
Excluding defense	1.63	1.62	1.63	1.65	1.65	1.66
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	1.91	1.90	1.91	1.94	1.93	1.95
Primary metals	1.66	1.65	1.69	1.70	1.69	1.70
Fabricated metal products	1.53	1.52	1.54	1.55	1.55	1.56
Machinery	2.14	2.15	2.13	2.17	2.19	2.20
Computers & electronic products	1.61	1.62	1.61	1.63	1.65	1.66
Computers & related products	2.26	2.45	2.31	2.26	2.30	2.14
Communications equipment	1.39	1.40	1.40	1.46	1.50	1.61
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	1.77	1.79	1.75	1.74	1.76	1.78
Transportation equipment	1.62	1.61	1.61	1.65	1.64	1.66
Motor vehicles & parts	0.63	0.62	0.62	0.63	0.64	0.64
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	5.92	5.92	5.56	6.23	5.32	5.73
Defense Aircraft & parts	3.12	3.19	3.19	3.17	3.32	3.30
All other durable goods	1.43	1.40	1.42	1.43	1.43	1.44
Capital goods	2.39	2.39	2.37	2.44	2.42	2.46
Nondefense capital goods	2.45	2.44	2.41	2.48	2.45	2.49
Excluding aircraft	1.87	1.87	1.86	1.89	1.91	1.92
Defense capital goods	2.01	2.10	2.13	2.17	2.21	2.26

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

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