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U.S. Factory Orders Economic Indicators



Orders for U.S.-made products increased in January on the seasonally adjusted basis by 1.98 % to $590 billions, an increase of $11.4 billions from $579 in December, reported by the Commerce Department. Over the past 12 months, but inventories grew by 0.70 %, Bookings for U.S.-made products decreased by -0.73 %.



What's more, orders excluding defense and transportation surged by 2.14 % on the seasonally adjusted basis and shipments by 0.43 %.
That closely watched category gives a better read on trends in the private sector because it excludes transportation and government spending on defense.
Excluding defense and transportation fell by -1.37 %, but unfilled orders grew by 0.18 % from Dec. 2023.

Shipments grew in January by 0.41 % to $592 billions, an increase of $2 billions from $590 in December on the seasonally adjusted basis, as shipments for aircrafts and parts grew 22.03 % to $ billions, reported by the Commerce Department. Shipments excluding transportation grew by 0.23 %.


Factory Orders (Picture Autor: Wolfgang Meinhart) licence GNU

Durable Goods New Orders
Primary Metals New Orders
Machinery New Orders
Transp. Equip. New Orders
3.62% -3.15% 1.39% 0.28% 0.06% 0.29% 12.15% -9.56%
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The Commerce Department announced total factory inventories edge up by 0.06 % to $864 billions, an increase of $1 billions from $863 in December in January on the seasonally adjusted basis, led by -0.61 % growth in ships and boats inventories, representing 1.15 % of total inventories. Inventory to shipments ratio fell to 1.46 from 1.46 in the previous month.

Unfilled orders have rebounded from decline in previous period, unfilled orders surged by 0.31 % on the seasonally adjusted basis, led by 1.63 % growth in household appliances, representing 0.46 % of total unfilled bookings. total factory inventories rose by 0.53 % over the past 12 months.



   
New Orders / Shipments Ratio Inventory / Shipments Ratio
Total New orders / shipments ratio for all manufacturing industries was 1.00. Excluding transportation new orders / shipments ratio was 0.99. Excluding defense new orders / shipments ratio was 1.00 . 
Inventory / shipments ratio for all manufacturing industries was 1.46. Excluding transportation Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.38. Excluding defense Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.45.
 




Factory Shipments
(Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)
Jan. 2025
adv.
Dec. 2024
adv.
Nov. 2024
rest.
Oct. 2024
final
Aug. 2024
adv.
July 2024
rest.
All manufacturing industries
592,137 589,746 586,044 585,587 590,054 593,195
Excluding transportation
497,588 496,433 495,296 493,836 493,076 494,225
Excluding defense
574,942 572,488 568,616 568,203 573,095 575,961
With unfilled orders
204,525 201,415 198,767 198,837 202,545 205,113
Durable goods industries
288,291 287,341 284,673 285,402 289,260 290,970
Primary metals
27,049 26,895 27,061 26,736 26,252 26,363
Iron & steel mills
14,745 14,586 14,670 14,522 14,292 14,367
Aluminum & nonferrous metals
10,680 10,621 10,693 10,568 10,351 10,346
Ferrous metal foundries
1,624 1,688 1,698 1,646 1,609 1,650
Fabricated metal products
36,543 36,546 36,655 36,569 36,449 36,330
Machinery
37,430 37,632 37,572 37,761 37,940 37,837
Construction machinery
3,868 4,023 4,038 4,110 4,126 4,204
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery
1,493 1,506 1,520 1,582 1,607 1,616
Industrial machinery
3,729 3,718 3,606 3,825 3,678 3,776
Photographic equipment
624 628 629 645 643 624
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment
6,073 5,848 5,772 5,697 5,382 5,526
Metalworking machinery
2,700 2,606 2,702 2,731 2,744 2,746
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment
3,787 4,045 3,757 3,638 3,654 3,735
Material handling equipment
3,850 3,829 3,938 3,985 3,999 3,984
Computers & electronic products
30,267 30,148 30,172 29,961 29,394 29,451
Computers
1,065 1,032 1,034 1,038 1,009 1,018
Nondefense communications equipment
2,940 2,973 3,043 2,995 2,843 2,875
Defense communications equipment
189 161 185 191 198 193
Semiconductors
- - - - - -
Electronic components
5,025 5,056 5,051 4,972 4,980 4,901
Nondefense search & navigation equipment
1,778 1,688 1,741 1,753 1,671 1,679
Defense search & navigation equipment
3,402 3,340 3,406 3,480 3,502 3,449
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments
9,036 9,129 8,933 8,811 8,616 8,739
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components
14,659 14,672 14,444 14,451 14,279 14,217
Electric lighting equipment
1,382 1,346 1,354 1,347 1,377 1,370
Household appliances
2,393 2,414 2,385 2,335 2,336 2,351
Electrical equipment
4,755 4,704 4,633 4,645 4,557 4,592
Transportation equipment
94,549 93,313 90,748 91,751 96,978 98,970
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers
28,593 29,304 29,214 28,871 28,848 28,907
Nondefense aircraft & parts
18,733 15,351 12,709 13,545 19,004 20,965
Defense aircraft & parts
5,191 4,966 5,138 4,996 4,957 5,028
Ships & boats
3,495 3,754 3,654 3,467 3,440 3,347
Furniture & related products
6,863 6,746 6,804 6,801 6,851 6,829
Nondurable goods industries
303,846 302,405 301,371 300,185 300,794 302,225




Factory New Orders
(Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)
Jan. 2025
adv.
Dec. 2024
adv.
Nov. 2024
rest.
Oct. 2024
final
Aug. 2024
adv.
July 2024
rest.
All manufacturing industries
589,935 578,508 583,689 583,689 590,351 591,644
Excluding transportation
493,326 492,368 490,677 490,677 489,194 489,658
Excluding defense
572,671 560,668 565,854 565,854 571,622 573,701
With unfilled orders
207,179 195,050 201,244 201,244 207,523 208,282
Durable goods industries
286,089 276,103 282,318 282,318 289,557 289,419
Primary metals
27,124 26,753 26,896 26,896 26,548 26,499
Iron & steel mills
14,851 14,365 14,417 14,417 14,417 14,396
Aluminum & nonferrous metals
10,611 10,595 10,633 10,633 10,525 10,466
Ferrous metal foundries
1,662 1,793 1,846 1,846 1,606 1,637
Fabricated metal products
36,615 37,287 36,866 36,866 36,633 36,386
Machinery
37,506 37,485 37,459 37,459 37,815 37,681
Construction machinery
3,877 3,950 3,938 3,938 3,907 4,057
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery
1,482 1,512 1,738 1,738 1,512 1,826
Industrial machinery
3,730 3,638 3,536 3,536 3,665 3,732
Photographic equipment
601 639 665 665 603 553
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment
5,963 5,917 5,573 5,573 5,591 5,470
Metalworking machinery
2,544 2,725 2,701 2,701 2,744 2,721
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment
3,912 3,939 3,849 3,849 3,648 3,780
Material handling equipment
3,803 3,512 3,864 3,864 3,998 4,003
Computers & electronic products
25,795 25,304 25,234 25,234 25,107 25,004
Computers
1,082 987 978 978 1,014 1,048
Nondefense communications equipment
2,968 2,908 2,893 2,893 2,830 2,849
Defense communications equipment
186 162 187 187 191 188
Semiconductors
- - - - - -
Electronic components
4,955 5,002 5,026 5,026 4,884 4,868
Nondefense search & navigation equipment
1,883 1,912 1,879 1,879 1,843 1,830
Defense search & navigation equipment
3,641 3,180 3,385 3,385 3,668 3,494
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments
9,104 9,257 8,939 8,939 8,783 8,850
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components
14,757 14,943 14,792 14,792 14,456 14,111
Electric lighting equipment
1,394 1,379 1,370 1,370 1,398 1,333
Household appliances
2,501 2,475 2,486 2,486 2,425 2,431
Electrical equipment
4,838 4,787 4,799 4,799 4,566 4,419
Transportation equipment
96,609 86,140 93,012 93,012 101,157 101,986
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers
28,510 29,102 28,969 28,969 28,596 28,799
Nondefense aircraft & parts
20,278 7,989 14,712 14,712 21,880 23,651
Defense aircraft & parts
5,652 5,554 5,510 5,510 6,030 5,564
Ships & boats
3,036 3,558 3,603 3,603 3,910 3,512
Furniture & related products
6,749 6,797 6,834 6,834 6,726 6,789
Nondurable goods industries
303,846 302,405 301,371 301,371 300,794 302,225




Factory Unfilled Orders
(Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)
Jan. 2025
adv.
Dec. 2024
adv.
Nov. 2024
rest.
Oct. 2024
final
Aug. 2024
adv.
July 2024
rest.
All manufacturing industries
1,400,585 1,396,274 1,402,639 1,400,162 1,391,358 1,386,380
Excluding transportation
498,255 497,830 497,022 496,809 494,882 494,083
Excluding defense
1,154,740 1,150,263 1,157,210 1,155,140 1,152,862 1,149,654
With unfilled orders
- - - - - -
Durable goods industries
1,400,585 1,396,274 1,402,639 1,400,162 1,391,358 1,386,380
Primary metals
39,929 39,832 39,974 40,139 39,694 39,398
Iron & steel mills
23,320 23,172 23,393 23,646 23,433 23,308
Aluminum & nonferrous metals
11,253 11,334 11,360 11,420 11,249 11,075
Ferrous metal foundries
5,356 5,326 5,221 5,073 5,012 5,015
Fabricated metal products
132,018 132,115 131,374 131,163 129,157 128,973
Machinery
131,853 131,676 131,823 131,936 133,173 133,298
Construction machinery
8,621 8,580 8,653 8,753 9,205 9,424
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery
5,120 5,131 5,125 4,907 4,676 4,771
Industrial machinery
9,559 9,540 9,620 9,690 10,008 10,021
Photographic equipment
3,027 3,043 3,032 2,996 3,247 3,287
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment
13,214 13,347 13,278 13,477 13,900 13,691
Metalworking machinery
8,793 8,971 8,852 8,853 9,200 9,200
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment
33,692 33,567 33,673 33,581 33,380 33,386
Material handling equipment
17,915 17,900 18,217 18,291 18,448 18,449
Computers & electronic products
137,492 137,064 137,035 137,141 136,590 136,196
Computers
1,279 1,262 1,307 1,363 1,346 1,341
Nondefense communications equipment
17,075 16,961 17,026 17,176 17,203 17,216
Defense communications equipment
215 220 219 217 217 224
Semiconductors
- - - - - -
Electronic components
15,739 15,821 15,875 15,900 16,011 16,107
Nondefense search & navigation equipment
33,456 33,376 33,152 33,014 32,846 32,674
Defense search & navigation equipment
37,091 36,830 36,990 37,011 36,606 36,440
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments
32,637 32,594 32,466 32,460 32,361 32,194
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components
44,510 44,515 44,244 43,896 43,818 43,641
Electric lighting equipment
3,801 3,789 3,756 3,740 3,780 3,759
Household appliances
6,417 6,314 6,253 6,152 6,195 6,106
Electrical equipment
21,945 21,929 21,846 21,680 21,519 21,510
Transportation equipment
902,330 898,444 905,617 903,353 896,476 892,297
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers
33,249 33,336 33,538 33,783 34,214 34,466
Nondefense aircraft & parts
650,746 647,211 654,573 652,570 650,259 647,383
Defense aircraft & parts
73,214 72,781 72,193 71,821 71,528 70,455
Ships & boats
53,202 53,811 54,007 54,058 52,780 52,310
Furniture & related products
10,506 10,684 10,633 10,603 10,499 10,624
Nondurable goods industries
- - - - - -




Factory Total Inventories
(Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)
Jan. 2025
adv.
Dec. 2024
adv.
Nov. 2024
rest.
Oct. 2024
final
Aug. 2024
adv.
July 2024
rest.
All manufacturing industries
863,719 863,187 859,897 856,850 860,234 859,018
Excluding transportation
688,861 688,660 687,237 686,293 687,926 686,878
Excluding defense
831,454 831,254 828,006 825,308 829,131 828,078
With unfilled orders
432,737 432,665 430,634 428,539 430,152 429,291
Durable goods industries
533,059 532,659 530,436 527,799 529,688 529,242
Primary metals
45,893 45,984 45,780 45,606 45,470 45,487
Iron & steel mills
26,035 26,225 26,129 25,994 26,271 26,263
Aluminum & nonferrous metals
16,478 16,340 16,276 16,242 15,936 16,001
Ferrous metal foundries
3,380 3,419 3,375 3,370 3,263 3,223
Fabricated metal products
64,623 64,616 64,533 64,607 64,569 64,557
Machinery
94,449 94,556 94,498 94,144 94,476 94,350
Construction machinery
9,970 10,031 10,300 10,256 10,508 10,391
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery
5,182 5,134 5,182 5,155 5,227 5,285
Industrial machinery
11,138 11,134 11,018 10,923 10,904 10,904
Photographic equipment
1,357 1,371 1,361 1,359 1,370 1,381
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment
8,829 8,751 8,868 8,725 8,754 8,829
Metalworking machinery
7,763 7,674 7,605 7,605 7,598 7,605
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment
12,561 12,784 12,807 12,711 12,772 12,583
Material handling equipment
8,786 8,544 8,502 8,512 8,498 8,424
Computers & electronic products
54,795 54,778 54,858 54,973 55,036 54,883
Computers
1,825 1,802 1,793 1,823 1,711 1,732
Nondefense communications equipment
4,196 4,215 4,265 4,293 4,311 4,308
Defense communications equipment
629 626 616 627 643 645
Semiconductors
- - - - - -
Electronic components
10,064 10,062 10,155 10,192 10,299 10,232
Nondefense search & navigation equipment
4,344 4,363 4,334 4,311 4,354 4,317
Defense search & navigation equipment
3,439 3,437 3,424 3,425 3,438 3,451
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments
19,506 19,486 19,501 19,485 19,468 19,408
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components
25,751 25,744 25,697 25,787 25,823 25,876
Electric lighting equipment
2,506 2,454 2,436 2,422 2,418 2,418
Household appliances
3,523 3,479 3,507 3,504 3,522 3,543
Electrical equipment
9,750 9,779 9,773 9,847 9,839 9,815
Transportation equipment
174,858 174,527 172,660 170,557 172,308 172,140
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers
35,912 35,835 35,705 35,874 36,227 36,057
Nondefense aircraft & parts
85,605 85,898 84,178 82,622 84,135 83,911
Defense aircraft & parts
14,372 14,335 14,461 14,430 14,239 14,228
Ships & boats
5,300 5,061 5,156 5,063 4,984 4,937
Furniture & related products
10,038 10,004 9,963 9,979 9,989 10,017
Nondurable goods industries
330,660 330,528 329,461 329,051 330,546 329,776




Factory New Orders/ Shipments
(Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)
Jan. 2025
adv.
Dec. 2024
adv.
Nov. 2024
rest.
Oct. 2024
final
Aug. 2024
adv.
July 2024
rest.
All manufacturing industries
1.00 0.98 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Excluding transportation
0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99 0.99
Excluding defense
1.00 0.98 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
With unfilled orders
1.01 0.97 1.01 1.01 1.02 1.02
Durable goods industries
0.99 0.96 0.99 0.99 1.00 0.99
Primary metals
1.00 0.99 0.99 1.01 1.01 1.01
Iron & steel mills
1.01 0.98 0.98 0.99 1.01 1.00
Aluminum & nonferrous metals
0.99 1.00 0.99 1.01 1.02 1.01
Ferrous metal foundries
1.02 1.06 1.09 1.12 1.00 0.99
Fabricated metal products
1.00 1.02 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.00
Machinery
1.00 1.00 1.00 0.99 1.00 1.00
Construction machinery
1.00 0.98 0.98 0.96 0.95 0.97
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery
0.99 1.00 1.14 1.10 0.94 1.13
Industrial machinery
1.00 0.98 0.98 0.92 1.00 0.99
Photographic equipment
0.96 1.02 1.06 1.03 0.94 0.89
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment
0.98 1.01 0.97 0.98 1.04 0.99
Metalworking machinery
0.94 1.05 1.00 0.99 1.00 0.99
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment
1.03 0.97 1.02 1.06 1.00 1.01
Material handling equipment
0.99 0.92 0.98 0.97 1.00 1.00
Computers & electronic products
0.85 0.84 0.84 0.84 0.85 0.85
Computers
1.02 0.96 0.95 0.94 1.00 1.03
Nondefense communications equipment
1.01 0.98 0.95 0.97 1.00 0.99
Defense communications equipment
0.98 1.01 1.01 0.98 0.96 0.97
Semiconductors
- - - - - -
Electronic components
0.99 0.99 1.00 1.01 0.98 0.99
Nondefense search & navigation equipment
1.06 1.13 1.08 1.07 1.10 1.09
Defense search & navigation equipment
1.07 0.95 0.99 0.97 1.05 1.01
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments
1.01 1.01 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.01
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components
1.01 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.01 0.99
Electric lighting equipment
1.01 1.02 1.01 1.02 1.02 0.97
Household appliances
1.05 1.03 1.04 1.06 1.04 1.03
Electrical equipment
1.02 1.02 1.04 1.03 1.00 0.96
Transportation equipment
1.02 0.92 1.02 1.01 1.04 1.03
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers
1.00 0.99 0.99 1.00 0.99 1.00
Nondefense aircraft & parts
1.08 0.52 1.16 1.09 1.15 1.13
Defense aircraft & parts
1.09 1.12 1.07 1.10 1.22 1.11
Ships & boats
0.87 0.95 0.99 1.04 1.14 1.05
Furniture & related products
0.98 1.01 1.00 1.00 0.98 0.99
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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