New orders dropped

U.S. Durable Goods, Orders, Shipments, Economic Indicators

Booking continued to fell after last month decrease of -14.44%, shipments fell as well, at the rate of -20.10 % to $192 billions.In April durable goods orders dropped by -20.27 % to $170 billions, a decrease by $43 billions from $213 in March on the seasonally adjusted basis. Suggesting some hesitancy on the part of businesses to continue to expand until they see further strengthening of the U.S. economy. Durable Goods orders dropped by -31.57 % from April 2019, and unfilled orders by -6.05 %.

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 dropped by -10.10 % on the seasonally adjusted basis, and shipments by -10.03 %. Core capital goods orders dropped by -9.92 % and unfilled orders by -1.90 % from April 2019.

In April durable goods shipments dropped by -20.10 % to $192 billions, a decrease by $48 billions from $241 in March on the seasonally adjusted basis. Excluding transportation shipments fell by -9.84 %.

Manufacturing New Orders		Primary Metals New Orders		Capital Goods New Orders		Transp. Equip. New Orders
-13.83%	-26.52%	-17.58%	-23.38%	-6.16%	-31.13%	-48.02%	-68.80%
*M/M*	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y

Inventories fell by -2.71 % to $426 billions, a decrease by $12 billions from $437 in March in April on the seasonally adjusted basis, as inventories of aircrafts and parts went down -12.00 % to $74 billions, accounting for 17.32 % of total durable goods inventories, reported by the Commerce Department. Inventory to shipments ratio grew to 2.21 from 1.82 in the previous month.

Unfilled orders fell by -2.41 % on the seasonally adjusted basis, as unfilled orders for cars and parts decline the most, down -22.09 % to $21 billions. total durable goods inventories dropped by -6.05 % from April 2019.


New Orders / Shipments Ratio	Inventory / Shipments Ratio
New orders / shipments ratio for total durable goods was 0.88. Excluding transportation new orders / shipments ratio was 0.95. Excluding defense new orders / shipments ratio was 0.89.	Inventory / shipments ratio for total durable goods was 2.21. Excluding transportation Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.88. Excluding defense Inventory / shipments ratio was 2.25.

Shipments Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	April 2020 adv.	March 2020 adv.	Feb. 2020 rest.	Jan. 2020 adv.	Dec. 2019 rest.	Nov. 2019 adv.
Total	192,326	240,715	252,138	250,098	250,621	251,595
Excluding transportation	150,221	166,615	167,183	167,991	167,167	167,800
Excluding defense	178,004	226,026	237,048	234,940	236,385	236,926
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	146,457	173,031	174,969	174,618	174,228	173,976
Primary metals	17,062	19,795	20,129	20,065	19,849	20,011
Fabricated metal products	27,979	33,277	33,658	33,798	33,654	34,146
Machinery	28,522	32,087	32,169	32,893	32,641	32,513
Computers & electronic products	28,533	27,797	27,898	28,052	27,875	27,922
Computers & related products	1,751	1,764	1,826	1,914	1,769	1,915
Communications equipment	3,746	3,977	3,889	3,956	4,000	3,818
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	10,336	12,073	11,881	11,701	11,874	11,741
Transportation equipment	42,105	74,100	84,955	82,107	83,454	83,795
Motor vehicles & parts	4,244	48,896	60,027	58,758	59,193	59,470
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	22,624	10,437	9,202	7,805	9,849	9,422
Defense Aircraft & parts	4,485	3,745	4,271	4,722	3,781	4,168
All other durable goods	37,789	41,586	41,448	41,482	41,274	41,467
Capital goods	76,286	88,520	87,372	86,621	87,295	87,182
Nondefense capital goods	63,825	75,676	74,262	73,547	74,818	74,394
Excluding aircraft	61,824	68,718	68,846	69,680	68,898	69,070
Defense capital goods	12,461	12,844	13,110	13,074	12,477	12,788

New Orders Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	April 2020 adv.	March 2020 adv.	Feb. 2020 rest.	Jan. 2020 adv.	Dec. 2019 rest.	Nov. 2019 adv.
Total	169,966	213,184	249,167	246,199	246,634	242,625
Excluding transportation	143,332	161,947	162,329	164,170	162,762	163,439
Excluding defense	157,561	194,995	231,496	232,301	224,133	231,696
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	128,970	149,669	176,259	174,732	174,398	169,244
Primary metals	15,985	19,394	19,882	20,169	19,736	20,087
Fabricated metal products	26,703	32,928	33,101	34,065	33,657	33,799
Machinery	28,856	32,162	32,230	32,684	32,023	32,419
Computers & electronic products	23,672	23,699	23,734	23,953	23,875	23,644
Computers & related products	1,717	1,732	1,821	1,911	1,770	1,945
Communications equipment	3,703	3,842	3,706	3,923	4,126	3,814
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	10,409	12,106	11,929	11,772	11,934	11,932
Transportation equipment	26,634	51,237	86,838	82,029	83,872	79,186
Motor vehicles & parts	4,055	49,015	60,065	58,946	59,445	59,734
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	22,600	-16,345	8,352	8,518	1,909	7,840
Defense Aircraft & parts	-8,513	6,263	3,827	4,705	5,854	1,942
All other durable goods	37,707	41,658	41,453	41,527	41,537	41,558
Capital goods	61,074	65,084	88,876	84,027	83,548	81,295
Nondefense capital goods	50,087	48,727	73,187	72,653	64,649	71,255
Excluding aircraft	61,944	68,903	68,803	69,564	68,829	69,395
Defense capital goods	10,987	16,357	15,689	11,374	18,899	10,040

New Orders Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	April 2020 adv.	March 2020 adv.	Feb. 2020 rest.	Jan. 2020 adv.	Dec. 2019 rest.	Nov. 2019 adv.
Total	169,966	213,184	249,167	246,199	246,634	242,625
Excluding transportation	143,332	161,947	162,329	164,170	162,762	163,439
Excluding defense	157,561	194,995	231,496	232,301	224,133	231,696
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	128,970	149,669	176,259	174,732	174,398	169,244
Primary metals	15,985	19,394	19,882	20,169	19,736	20,087
Fabricated metal products	26,703	32,928	33,101	34,065	33,657	33,799
Machinery	28,856	32,162	32,230	32,684	32,023	32,419
Computers & electronic products	23,672	23,699	23,734	23,953	23,875	23,644
Computers & related products	1,717	1,732	1,821	1,911	1,770	1,945
Communications equipment	3,703	3,842	3,706	3,923	4,126	3,814
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	10,409	12,106	11,929	11,772	11,934	11,932
Transportation equipment	26,634	51,237	86,838	82,029	83,872	79,186
Motor vehicles & parts	4,055	49,015	60,065	58,946	59,445	59,734
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	22,600	-16,345	8,352	8,518	1,909	7,840
Defense Aircraft & parts	-8,513	6,263	3,827	4,705	5,854	1,942
All other durable goods	37,707	41,658	41,453	41,527	41,537	41,558
Capital goods	61,074	65,084	88,876	84,027	83,548	81,295
Nondefense capital goods	50,087	48,727	73,187	72,653	64,649	71,255
Excluding aircraft	61,944	68,903	68,803	69,564	68,829	69,395
Defense capital goods	10,987	16,357	15,689	11,374	18,899	10,040

Unfilled Orders Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	April 2020 adv.	March 2020 adv.	Feb. 2020 rest.	Jan. 2020 adv.	Dec. 2019 rest.	Nov. 2019 adv.
Total	1,107,809	1,135,165	1,158,527	1,157,012	1,156,898	1,158,974
Excluding transportation	347,949	366,848	367,347	368,255	368,063	368,636
Excluding defense	886,623	920,866	947,728	949,214	947,840	958,560
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	1,107,809	1,135,165	1,158,527	1,157,012	1,156,898	1,158,974
Primary metals	30,050	31,332	31,733	31,961	31,857	32,122
Fabricated metal products	72,329	84,961	85,310	86,176	85,909	85,982
Machinery	96,927	101,479	101,404	101,222	101,431	102,049
Computers & electronic products	118,506	118,677	118,606	118,581	118,667	118,553
Computers & related products	1,937	2,173	2,205	2,210	2,213	2,205
Communications equipment	25,636	24,822	24,957	25,193	25,226	25,100
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	21,636	20,705	20,672	20,608	20,537	20,551
Transportation equipment	759,860	768,317	791,180	788,757	788,835	790,338
Motor vehicles & parts	20,648	26,504	26,385	26,391	26,203	26,087
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	518,222	538,925	565,707	566,369	565,656	575,627
Defense Aircraft & parts	85,411	87,611	85,093	85,740	85,757	83,389
All other durable goods	8,501	9,694	9,622	9,707	9,662	9,379
Capital goods	803,721	812,738	836,174	833,820	836,414	842,472
Nondefense capital goods	624,788	643,174	670,123	670,850	671,744	684,304
Excluding aircraft	216,377	218,029	217,844	217,825	217,941	218,226
Defense capital goods	178,933	169,564	166,051	162,970	164,670	158,168

Total Inventories Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $	April 2020 adv.	March 2020 adv.	Feb. 2020 rest.	Jan. 2020 adv.	Dec. 2019 rest.	Nov. 2019 adv.
Total	425,574	437,420	434,691	435,379	435,339	433,959
Excluding transportation	282,578	284,857	283,018	284,159	284,413	284,626
Excluding defense	400,211	409,144	406,129	406,772	406,965	405,181
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	347,256	358,966	356,434	356,628	356,422	354,539
Primary metals	35,759	35,556	35,094	34,887	35,164	34,986
Fabricated metal products	53,474	54,098	53,930	54,082	53,618	54,079
Machinery	71,241	71,403	70,790	71,050	71,510	71,680
Computers & electronic products	44,208	43,536	43,341	43,918	43,935	43,700
Computers & related products	3,838	3,735	3,710	3,881	3,962	3,868
Communications equipment	5,258	5,594	5,477	5,485	5,498	5,475
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	19,886	20,357	20,276	20,464	20,373	20,395
Transportation equipment	142,996	152,563	151,673	151,220	150,926	149,333
Motor vehicles & parts	40,112	38,793	38,861	38,818	38,839	39,183
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	73,705	83,752	82,495	82,154	82,138	79,875
Defense Aircraft & parts	12,297	13,579	13,644	13,601	13,473	13,430
All other durable goods	58,010	59,907	59,587	59,758	59,813	59,786
Capital goods	211,435	224,153	222,366	222,640	222,795	221,146
Nondefense capital goods	190,292	200,370	198,299	198,539	198,911	196,809
Excluding aircraft	128,953	129,997	128,924	129,607	129,976	129,554
Defense capital goods	21,143	23,783	24,067	24,101	23,884	24,337

Inventory/Shipments ratio Seasonally Adjusted	April 2020 adv.	March 2020 adv.	Feb. 2020 rest.	Jan. 2020 adv.	Dec. 2019 rest.	Nov. 2019 adv.
Total	2.21	1.82	1.72	1.74	1.74	1.72
Excluding transportation	1.88	1.71	1.69	1.69	1.70	1.70
Excluding defense	2.25	1.81	1.71	1.73	1.72	1.71
Manufacturing with unfilled orders	2.37	2.07	2.04	2.04	2.05	2.04
Primary metals	2.10	1.80	1.74	1.74	1.77	1.75
Fabricated metal products	1.91	1.63	1.60	1.60	1.59	1.58
Machinery	2.50	2.23	2.20	2.16	2.19	2.20
Computers & electronic products	1.55	1.57	1.55	1.57	1.58	1.57
Computers & related products	2.19	2.12	2.03	2.03	2.24	2.02
Communications equipment	1.40	1.41	1.41	1.39	1.37	1.43
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electrical equipment, appliances & components	1.92	1.69	1.71	1.75	1.72	1.74
Transportation equipment	3.40	2.06	1.79	1.84	1.81	1.78
Motor vehicles & parts	1.77	0.79	0.65	0.66	0.66	0.66
Nondefense Aircraft & parts	16.43	8.02	8.96	10.53	8.34	8.48
Defense Aircraft & parts	2.90	3.63	3.19	2.88	3.56	3.22
All other durable goods	1.54	1.44	1.44	1.44	1.45	1.44
Capital goods	2.77	2.53	2.55	2.57	2.55	2.54
Nondefense capital goods	2.98	2.65	2.67	2.70	2.66	2.65
Excluding aircraft	2.09	1.89	1.87	1.86	1.89	1.88
Defense capital goods	1.70	1.85	1.84	1.84	1.91	1.90

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

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New orders dropped

U.S. Durable Goods, Orders, Shipments, Economic Indicators

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