New orders dropped

U.S. Factory Orders Economic Indicators

Booking continued to fell after last month decrease of -10.26%, shipments deteriorated at the higher rate of -14.11 % to $407 billions.In April manufacturing orders dropped by -13.80 % to $384 billions, a decrease by $61.5 billions from $446 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. Factory orders dropped by -23.03 % from April 2019, and unfilled orders by -6.08 %.

The U.S. Commerce Department reported total factory inventories dropped by -1.01 % to $686 billions, a decrease by $7 billions from $693 in March in April on the seasonally adjusted basis, as shipments for aircrafts and parts went down -57.80 % to $ billions, accounting for 1.08 % of total factory shipments. Inventory to shipments ratio grew to 1.69 from 1.46 in the previous month.

Another category of orders closely watched by economists, known as excluding defense and transportation, orders dropped by -13.00 % on the seasonally adjusted basis, and shipments by -14.48 %. Excluding defense and transportation dropped by -22.82 % and unfilled orders by -9.31 % from April 2019.

Factory Orders (Picture Autor: Wolfgang Meinhart) licence GNU

Durable Goods New Orders		Primary Metals New Orders		Machinery New Orders		Transp. Equip. New Orders
-20.64%	-32.13%	-18.52%	-24.32%	-10.25%	-11.92%	-48.83%	-69.50%
*M/M*	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y

Unfilled orders fell by -2.41 % on the seasonally adjusted basis, as unfilled orders for iron and steel mills declined -22.65 % to $0 billions, accounting for 1.12 % of total unfilled bookings. total factory inventories dropped by -6.08 % from April 2019.
In April total manufacturing shipments dropped by -14.11 % to $407 billions, a decrease by $67 billions from $474 in March on the seasonally adjusted basis. Excluding transportation shipments fell by -8.68 %.


New Orders / Shipments Ratio	Inventory / Shipments Ratio
Total New orders / shipments ratio for all manufacturing industries was 0.94. Excluding transportation new orders / shipments ratio was 0.98. Excluding defense new orders / shipments ratio was 0.95 .	Inventory / shipments ratio for all manufacturing industries was 1.69. Excluding transportation Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.49. Excluding defense Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.68.

Factory Shipments (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	April 2020 adv.	March 2020 adv.	Feb. 2020 rest.	Jan. 2020 adv.	Dec. 2019 rest.	Nov. 2019 adv.
All manufacturing industries	406,763	473,613	499,771	501,825	504,166	502,166
Excluding transportation	364,967	399,651	414,731	419,503	420,667	418,346
Excluding defense	392,475	458,921	484,680	486,664	489,930	487,500
With unfilled orders	145,411	172,682	174,997	174,511	173,980	173,765
Durable goods industries	191,180	240,383	252,176	249,915	250,345	251,384
Primary metals	16,623	19,747	20,120	20,052	19,866	19,943
Iron & steel mills	8,504	9,817	9,956	10,168	9,815	9,832
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	7,003	8,518	8,730	8,424	8,669	8,645
Ferrous metal foundries	1,116	1,412	1,434	1,460	1,382	1,466
Fabricated metal products	27,878	33,205	33,651	33,695	33,530	34,060
Machinery	28,501	32,022	32,108	32,724	32,528	32,530
Construction machinery	2,316	2,691	2,711	2,928	2,630	2,655
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	1,266	1,364	1,392	1,446	1,413	1,350
Industrial machinery	3,052	3,164	3,100	3,243	3,138	3,199
Photographic equipment	533	567	552	558	546	586
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	3,330	3,999	3,970	3,793	3,986	4,026
Metalworking machinery	2,394	2,444	2,517	2,482	2,558	2,518
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	3,476	4,126	4,119	4,234	4,256	4,188
Material handling equipment	2,595	2,737	2,772	2,838	2,826	2,782
Computers & electronic products	28,630	27,853	27,913	27,936	27,855	27,924
Computers	557	557	572	569	551	542
Nondefense communications equipment	3,481	3,691	3,607	3,648	3,672	3,571
Defense communications equipment	262	281	271	259	314	247
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	4,189	3,802	3,858	3,890	3,803	3,763
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	1,515	1,453	1,496	1,564	1,549	1,539
Defense search & navigation equipment	3,009	2,881	2,876	2,884	2,895	2,946
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	8,813	8,974	8,913	9,018	8,909	8,938
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	10,054	12,043	11,889	11,618	11,802	11,765
Electric lighting equipment	950	1,079	1,068	1,065	1,045	1,038
Household appliances	1,633	1,789	1,784	1,713	1,818	1,756
Electrical equipment	3,084	3,224	3,127	3,064	3,046	3,117
Transportation equipment	41,796	73,962	85,040	82,322	83,499	83,820
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	18,734	26,727	28,642	29,121	28,304	27,688
Nondefense aircraft & parts	4,392	10,407	9,201	7,805	9,849	9,422
Defense aircraft & parts	4,244	3,745	4,271	4,722	3,781	4,165
Ships & boats	2,381	2,709	2,839	2,847	2,661	2,806
Furniture & related products	5,991	6,844	6,901	7,001	6,842	6,928
Nondurable goods industries	215,583	233,230	247,595	251,910	253,821	250,782

Factory New Orders (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	April 2020 adv.	March 2020 adv.	Feb. 2020 rest.	Jan. 2020 adv.	Dec. 2019 rest.	Nov. 2019 adv.
All manufacturing industries	384,306	445,827	496,798	497,909	500,196	493,029
Excluding transportation	358,238	394,883	409,943	415,735	416,278	413,987
Excluding defense	372,057	427,640	479,126	484,008	477,695	482,118
With unfilled orders	127,827	149,065	176,285	174,611	174,167	168,879
Durable goods industries	168,723	212,597	249,203	245,999	246,375	242,247
Primary metals	15,744	19,323	19,870	20,174	19,760	20,014
Iron & steel mills	7,794	9,266	9,782	10,206	9,726	9,905
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	6,791	8,673	8,759	8,523	8,663	8,678
Ferrous metal foundries	1,159	1,384	1,329	1,445	1,371	1,431
Fabricated metal products	26,624	32,830	33,044	33,871	33,499	33,753
Machinery	28,763	32,047	32,216	32,637	31,954	32,496
Construction machinery	2,201	2,487	2,497	2,933	2,629	2,467
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	1,282	1,308	1,410	1,360	1,312	1,352
Industrial machinery	3,025	3,094	3,107	3,375	3,193	3,208
Photographic equipment	532	558	566	544	514	523
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	3,321	4,059	4,043	3,809	3,838	4,020
Metalworking machinery	2,410	2,438	2,640	2,387	2,423	2,477
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	3,547	4,301	4,071	4,157	3,891	4,122
Material handling equipment	2,613	2,790	2,694	2,866	2,978	2,871
Computers & electronic products	23,775	23,775	23,767	23,807	23,844	23,639
Computers	523	525	567	566	552	579
Nondefense communications equipment	3,487	3,673	3,466	3,580	3,682	3,609
Defense communications equipment	210	157	240	291	426	205
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	4,261	3,934	3,896	3,893	3,749	3,934
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	1,501	1,545	1,607	1,580	1,745	1,557
Defense search & navigation equipment	3,012	2,860	2,873	2,814	2,821	2,730
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	8,850	9,036	9,059	8,995	8,864	8,898
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	10,131	12,085	11,991	11,748	11,879	11,900
Electric lighting equipment	940	1,052	1,053	1,071	1,115	1,076
Household appliances	1,620	1,803	1,815	1,733	1,848	1,806
Electrical equipment	3,060	3,245	3,134	3,106	3,045	3,117
Transportation equipment	26,068	50,944	86,855	82,174	83,918	79,042
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	18,576	26,698	28,611	29,322	28,557	27,821
Nondefense aircraft & parts	-8,606	-16,384	8,351	8,518	1,909	7,839
Defense aircraft & parts	4,055	6,263	3,827	4,705	5,854	1,924
Ships & boats	2,159	1,772	5,100	1,434	7,512	1,907
Furniture & related products	5,947	6,894	6,904	7,006	7,104	6,998
Nondurable goods industries	215,583	233,230	247,595	251,910	253,821	250,782

Factory Unfilled Orders (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	April 2020 adv.	March 2020 adv.	Feb. 2020 rest.	Jan. 2020 adv.	Dec. 2019 rest.	Nov. 2019 adv.
All manufacturing industries	1,107,595	1,134,908	1,158,525	1,157,015	1,156,915	1,158,736
Excluding transportation	348,035	366,814	367,413	368,327	368,079	368,609
Excluding defense	886,525	920,614	947,726	949,217	947,857	958,336
With unfilled orders	-	-	-	-	-	-
Durable goods industries	1,107,595	1,134,908	1,158,525	1,157,015	1,156,915	1,158,736
Primary metals	30,252	31,306	31,730	31,986	31,864	32,113
Iron & steel mills	12,431	16,071	16,622	16,835	16,797	17,007
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	12,667	12,029	11,874	11,799	11,700	11,742
Ferrous metal foundries	5,154	3,206	3,234	3,352	3,367	3,364
Fabricated metal products	72,333	84,885	85,260	86,051	85,875	86,059
Machinery	96,884	101,476	101,451	101,388	101,475	102,058
Construction machinery	4,977	3,782	3,986	4,237	4,232	4,231
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	3,907	3,412	3,468	3,451	3,537	3,638
Industrial machinery	8,704	7,835	7,905	7,961	7,829	7,812
Photographic equipment	1,010	1,189	1,198	1,164	1,178	1,222
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	6,898	8,031	7,971	7,864	7,848	7,976
Metalworking machinery	7,974	6,560	6,566	6,447	6,542	6,681
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	23,602	28,246	28,071	28,119	28,196	28,561
Material handling equipment	11,134	13,390	13,337	13,455	13,427	13,245
Computers & electronic products	118,514	118,715	118,624	118,543	118,656	118,566
Computers	1,937	2,173	2,205	2,210	2,213	2,212
Nondefense communications equipment	24,817	23,916	23,934	24,122	24,190	24,179
Defense communications equipment	815	910	1,034	1,064	1,032	921
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	14,854	13,487	13,355	13,353	13,350	13,449
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	21,612	21,232	21,140	21,031	21,015	20,777
Defense search & navigation equipment	30,669	28,959	28,980	28,972	29,042	29,148
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	23,810	28,038	27,976	27,791	27,814	27,880
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	21,551	20,768	20,726	20,684	20,554	20,476
Electric lighting equipment	1,685	1,857	1,884	1,966	1,960	1,880
Household appliances	1,614	1,496	1,482	1,449	1,429	1,377
Electrical equipment	8,609	7,935	7,914	7,914	7,872	7,875
Transportation equipment	759,560	768,094	791,112	788,688	788,836	790,127
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	20,465	26,287	26,316	26,405	26,204	25,898
Nondefense aircraft & parts	518,222	538,916	565,707	566,369	565,656	575,656
Defense aircraft & parts	85,411	87,611	85,093	85,740	85,757	83,375
Ships & boats	48,592	33,267	34,204	31,301	32,714	27,973
Furniture & related products	7,961	9,088	9,038	9,093	9,088	8,764
Nondurable goods industries	-	-	-	-	-	-

Factory Total Inventories (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	April 2020 adv.	March 2020 adv.	Feb. 2020 rest.	Jan. 2020 adv.	Dec. 2019 rest.	Nov. 2019 adv.
All manufacturing industries	686,476	693,481	699,301	703,403	703,937	700,989
Excluding transportation	543,445	540,829	547,582	552,126	553,002	551,750
Excluding defense	661,143	665,227	670,732	674,795	675,547	672,213
With unfilled orders	346,960	359,022	356,416	356,496	356,363	354,407
Durable goods industries	425,292	437,402	434,649	435,266	435,295	433,734
Primary metals	35,557	35,561	35,093	34,853	35,139	34,947
Iron & steel mills	19,917	19,026	18,782	18,527	18,991	18,791
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	13,443	14,359	14,168	14,189	13,995	13,984
Ferrous metal foundries	2,197	2,176	2,143	2,137	2,153	2,172
Fabricated metal products	53,455	54,042	53,834	54,218	53,680	54,043
Machinery	71,210	71,446	70,849	70,977	71,464	71,641
Construction machinery	6,022	5,640	5,599	5,588	5,590	5,652
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	4,933	4,897	5,027	5,117	5,100	5,283
Industrial machinery	9,623	8,928	8,686	8,676	8,818	8,589
Photographic equipment	1,499	1,800	1,778	1,774	1,778	1,774
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	5,587	5,546	5,555	5,487	5,458	5,498
Metalworking machinery	6,055	6,030	5,902	6,055	6,109	6,243
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	9,601	9,494	9,426	9,377	9,412	9,471
Material handling equipment	5,002	5,787	5,777	5,826	5,964	5,919
Computers & electronic products	44,126	43,522	43,338	43,806	43,909	43,749
Computers	1,803	1,517	1,480	1,495	1,565	1,622
Nondefense communications equipment	4,588	4,889	4,772	4,756	4,779	4,770
Defense communications equipment	667	703	704	702	711	705
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	8,049	7,569	7,552	7,640	7,593	7,440
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	2,928	2,797	2,803	2,805	2,801	2,804
Defense search & navigation equipment	2,665	2,521	2,534	2,536	2,528	2,517
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	15,192	15,773	15,649	15,780	15,789	15,685
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	19,918	20,312	20,250	20,372	20,346	20,370
Electric lighting equipment	2,033	2,252	2,257	2,279	2,291	2,270
Household appliances	2,501	2,745	2,771	2,817	2,846	2,930
Electrical equipment	6,425	5,673	5,710	5,799	5,792	5,775
Transportation equipment	143,031	152,652	151,719	151,277	150,935	149,239
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	27,742	26,998	26,807	26,623	26,659	26,658
Nondefense aircraft & parts	73,760	83,773	82,499	82,154	82,138	79,873
Defense aircraft & parts	12,297	13,579	13,644	13,601	13,473	13,428
Ships & boats	4,264	3,221	3,193	3,223	3,194	3,453
Furniture & related products	7,421	7,968	7,951	7,947	7,988	8,004
Nondurable goods industries	261,184	256,079	264,652	268,137	268,642	267,255

Factory New Orders/ Shipment (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	April 2020 adv.	March 2020 adv.	Feb. 2020 rest.	Jan. 2020 adv.	Dec. 2019 rest.	Nov. 2019 adv.
All manufacturing industries	0.94	0.94	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.98
Excluding transportation	0.98	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99
Excluding defense	0.95	0.93	0.99	0.99	0.98	0.99
With unfilled orders	0.88	0.86	1.01	1.00	1.00	0.97
Durable goods industries	0.88	0.88	0.99	0.98	0.98	0.96
Primary metals	0.95	0.98	0.99	1.01	0.99	1.00
Iron & steel mills	0.92	0.94	0.98	1.00	0.99	1.01
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	0.97	1.02	1.00	1.01	1.00	1.00
Ferrous metal foundries	1.04	0.98	0.93	0.99	0.99	0.98
Fabricated metal products	0.96	0.99	0.98	1.01	1.00	0.99
Machinery	1.01	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.98	1.00
Construction machinery	0.95	0.92	0.92	1.00	1.00	0.93
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	1.01	0.96	1.01	0.94	0.93	1.00
Industrial machinery	0.99	0.98	1.00	1.04	1.02	1.00
Photographic equipment	1.00	0.98	1.03	0.97	0.94	0.89
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	1.00	1.02	1.02	1.00	0.96	1.00
Metalworking machinery	1.01	1.00	1.05	0.96	0.95	0.98
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	1.02	1.04	0.99	0.98	0.91	0.98
Material handling equipment	1.01	1.02	0.97	1.01	1.05	1.03
Computers & electronic products	0.83	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.86	0.85
Computers	0.94	0.94	0.99	0.99	1.00	1.07
Nondefense communications equipment	1.00	1.00	0.96	0.98	1.00	1.01
Defense communications equipment	0.80	0.56	0.89	1.12	1.36	0.83
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	1.02	1.03	1.01	1.00	0.99	1.05
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	0.99	1.06	1.07	1.01	1.13	1.01
Defense search & navigation equipment	1.00	0.99	1.00	0.98	0.97	0.93
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	1.00	1.01	1.02	1.00	0.99	1.00
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	1.01	1.00	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01
Electric lighting equipment	0.99	0.97	0.99	1.01	1.07	1.04
Household appliances	0.99	1.01	1.02	1.01	1.02	1.03
Electrical equipment	0.99	1.01	1.00	1.01	1.00	1.00
Transportation equipment	0.62	0.69	1.02	1.00	1.01	0.94
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.01	1.01	1.00
Nondefense aircraft & parts	-1.96	-1.57	0.91	1.09	0.19	0.83
Defense aircraft & parts	0.96	1.67	0.90	1.00	1.55	0.46
Ships & boats	0.91	0.65	1.80	0.50	2.82	0.68
Furniture & related products	0.99	1.01	1.00	1.00	1.04	1.01
Nondurable goods industries	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

• Source U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturing and Construction Division
Picture Autor: (Wolfgang Meinhart) licence GNU.

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