orders increased on the faster pace again, as bookings outgrow production.Orders for U.S.-made products increased in February on the seasonally adjusted basis by 1.28 % to $498 billions, an increase of $6.3 billions from $492 in January, reported by the Commerce Department. With bookings rising across the board, demand for primary metals, fabricated metal products, machinery orders, while orders for computers and related products declined.
Orders today mean shipments tomorrow, implying that business spending is heading into the next month with decent momentum. New orders jumped by 4.32 % for the year, and shipments by 4.41 %.

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Inventories grew in February by 0.41 % to $675 billions, an increase of $3 billions from $672 in January on the seasonally adjusted basis, as inventories for electronic components grew the most, up 2.02 % to $8 billions, reported by the Commerce Department. Inventory to shipments ratio grew to 1.35 from 1.35 in the previous month.

Another category of orders closely watched by economists, known as excluding defense and transportation, orders have climbed less than total orders by 1.01 % on the seasonally adjusted basis and inventories by 1.01 % %. Over the past 12 months, excluding defense and transportation bookings grew by 4.33 % and unfilled orders by 2.81 %.

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Durable Goods New Orders		Primary Metals New Orders		Machinery New Orders		Transp. Equip. New Orders
3.01%	4.17%	3.24%	12.06%	1.48%	6.15%	7.23%	2.52%
*M/M*	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y	M/M	Y/Y

Unfilled orders have rebounded from decline in previous period, unfilled orders increased by 0.14 % on the seasonally adjusted basis, led by 4.22 % growth in household appliances, representing 0.11 % of total unfilled bookings. total factory inventories grew by 2.34 % over the past 12 months.
Shipments increased in February by 0.35 % to $501 billions, an increase of $2 billions from $499 in January on the seasonally adjusted basis, reported by the U.S. Commerce Department. Shipments excluding transportation grew by 0.28 %.

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New Orders / Shipments Ratio	Inventory / Shipments Ratio
Total New orders / shipments ratio for all manufacturing industries was 0.99. 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 1.35. Excluding transportation Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.30. Excluding defense Inventory / shipments ratio was 1.33.

Factory Shipments (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	Feb. 2018 adv.	Jan. 2018 adv.	Dec. 2017 adv.	Nov. 2017 adv.	Oct. 2017 adv.	Sep. 2017 adv.
All manufacturing industries	500,514	498,766	495,401	491,177	484,223	480,390
Excluding transportation	418,459	417,300	414,496	409,920	404,990	400,919
Excluding defense	487,469	485,160	482,274	478,090	471,203	467,753
With unfilled orders	176,157	174,607	173,659	172,239	169,909	169,526
Durable goods industries	249,785	247,109	246,493	244,435	242,008	240,339
Primary metals	21,278	20,745	20,704	20,050	19,948	19,613
Iron & steel mills	10,030	9,688	9,608	9,577	9,486	9,253
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	9,911	9,728	9,769	9,163	9,146	9,079
Ferrous metal foundries	1,337	1,329	1,327	1,310	1,316	1,281
Fabricated metal products	34,064	33,680	33,379	32,747	32,720	32,402
Machinery	33,320	32,757	32,688	32,441	32,527	32,110
Construction machinery	2,345	2,231	2,276	2,185	2,111	2,052
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	1,119	1,134	1,078	1,076	1,118	1,177
Industrial machinery	2,915	2,934	2,911	2,964	3,007	2,874
Photographic equipment	552	512	488	478	500	537
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	3,827	3,964	3,825	3,789	3,695	3,663
Metalworking machinery	3,469	3,243	3,251	3,109	3,119	3,162
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	4,189	4,188	4,316	4,396	4,370	4,489
Material handling equipment	3,032	2,947	2,816	2,877	2,874	2,867
Computers & electronic products	28,425	28,197	28,021	27,917	27,706	27,436
Computers	659	654	624	689	681	695
Nondefense communications equipment	3,015	3,051	3,041	2,927	2,866	2,791
Defense communications equipment	254	247	236	241	251	246
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	4,298	4,268	4,269	4,219	4,209	4,083
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	1,507	1,528	1,583	1,529	1,471	1,450
Defense search & navigation equipment	2,722	2,855	2,689	2,722	2,661	2,641
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	9,698	9,606	9,657	9,546	9,279	9,166
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	10,465	10,318	10,222	10,159	10,193	10,138
Electric lighting equipment	1,048	1,051	1,045	1,045	1,042	1,059
Household appliances	1,512	1,514	1,547	1,510	1,533	1,580
Electrical equipment	2,791	2,671	2,675	2,673	2,657	2,652
Transportation equipment	82,055	81,466	80,905	81,257	79,233	79,471
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	28,853	28,483	28,560	28,179	27,987	27,617
Nondefense aircraft & parts	11,535	11,434	11,295	12,091	10,775	12,471
Defense aircraft & parts	4,249	4,228	4,184	4,185	4,261	3,981
Ships & boats	3,237	3,207	3,148	3,111	3,105	2,985
Furniture & related products	6,686	6,575	6,691	6,681	6,619	6,519
Nondurable goods industries	250,729	251,657	248,908	246,742	242,215	240,051

Factory New Orders (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	Feb. 2018 adv.	Jan. 2018 adv.	Dec. 2017 adv.	Nov. 2017 adv.	Oct. 2017 adv.	Sep. 2017 adv.
All manufacturing industries	497,984	491,686	488,114	488,114	479,590	478,455
Excluding transportation	414,495	413,827	407,338	407,338	402,175	397,595
Excluding defense	485,572	480,700	475,533	475,533	467,819	465,345
With unfilled orders	178,046	171,693	173,483	173,483	169,746	172,190
Durable goods industries	247,255	240,029	241,372	241,372	237,375	238,404
Primary metals	21,513	20,837	20,401	20,401	20,059	19,631
Iron & steel mills	10,342	9,886	9,785	9,785	9,614	9,293
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	9,850	9,663	9,236	9,236	9,095	9,003
Ferrous metal foundries	1,321	1,288	1,380	1,380	1,350	1,335
Fabricated metal products	34,288	34,271	33,204	33,204	33,265	33,311
Machinery	33,428	32,941	32,646	32,646	32,727	31,886
Construction machinery	2,455	2,169	2,204	2,204	2,301	2,298
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	1,095	1,070	1,012	1,012	1,187	1,180
Industrial machinery	2,926	2,998	2,792	2,792	3,031	2,832
Photographic equipment	534	481	459	459	485	538
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	4,015	4,076	3,863	3,863	3,735	3,629
Metalworking machinery	3,220	3,402	3,264	3,264	3,003	2,930
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	4,126	4,168	4,326	4,326	4,244	4,194
Material handling equipment	3,019	2,915	2,988	2,988	3,037	2,921
Computers & electronic products	23,895	24,105	24,015	24,015	23,931	23,459
Computers	682	659	709	709	712	729
Nondefense communications equipment	2,812	3,255	3,155	3,155	3,227	3,160
Defense communications equipment	262	242	255	255	292	244
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	4,385	4,424	4,308	4,308	4,288	4,137
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	1,577	1,453	1,535	1,535	1,585	1,608
Defense search & navigation equipment	2,547	2,564	2,645	2,645	2,615	2,575
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	9,777	9,686	9,671	9,671	9,394	9,241
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	10,422	10,018	10,390	10,390	10,299	10,158
Electric lighting equipment	1,050	1,048	1,059	1,059	1,075	1,066
Household appliances	1,516	1,527	1,508	1,508	1,544	1,586
Electrical equipment	2,769	2,596	2,746	2,746	2,749	2,647
Transportation equipment	83,489	77,859	80,776	80,776	77,415	80,860
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	29,028	28,615	28,265	28,265	28,106	27,774
Nondefense aircraft & parts	13,187	10,367	12,548	12,548	10,581	12,684
Defense aircraft & parts	3,522	2,760	3,728	3,728	3,295	3,850
Ships & boats	3,507	2,498	2,619	2,619	2,881	4,339
Furniture & related products	6,730	6,628	6,753	6,753	6,615	6,475
Nondurable goods industries	250,729	251,657	246,742	246,742	242,215	240,051

Factory Unfilled Orders (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	Feb. 2018 adv.	Jan. 2018 adv.	Dec. 2017 adv.	Nov. 2017 adv.	Oct. 2017 adv.	Sep. 2017 adv.
All manufacturing industries	1,142,834	1,141,210	1,144,369	1,137,118	1,135,138	1,134,990
Excluding transportation	369,555	369,353	368,499	367,397	365,138	363,064
Excluding defense	969,023	966,739	966,756	960,510	958,018	956,198
With unfilled orders	-	-	-	-	-	-
Durable goods industries	1,142,834	1,141,210	1,144,369	1,137,118	1,135,138	1,134,990
Primary metals	31,916	31,719	31,699	31,350	30,849	30,612
Iron & steel mills	16,627	16,299	16,078	15,876	15,638	15,421
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	10,922	11,035	11,181	10,992	10,809	10,825
Ferrous metal foundries	4,367	4,385	4,440	4,482	4,402	4,366
Fabricated metal products	82,651	82,512	81,644	81,310	80,859	80,261
Machinery	102,422	102,238	102,069	101,563	101,106	100,826
Construction machinery	6,051	5,857	5,970	6,127	6,143	5,923
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	5,243	5,210	5,284	5,204	5,284	5,193
Industrial machinery	8,107	8,141	8,066	8,023	8,261	8,186
Photographic equipment	1,259	1,266	1,301	1,184	1,184	1,208
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	6,874	6,729	6,618	6,276	6,163	6,085
Metalworking machinery	7,822	8,114	7,978	7,913	7,794	7,910
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	29,051	29,116	29,057	29,236	29,313	29,428
Material handling equipment	12,980	12,957	13,118	13,004	12,889	12,766
Computers & electronic products	119,731	119,997	119,884	119,949	119,467	118,617
Computers	2,036	2,010	2,005	1,971	1,951	1,920
Nondefense communications equipment	26,630	26,982	26,763	26,839	26,585	26,175
Defense communications equipment	1,688	1,677	1,687	1,691	1,673	1,620
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	12,108	12,071	11,885	11,774	11,674	11,565
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	19,017	18,942	19,010	18,809	18,803	18,801
Defense search & navigation equipment	26,007	26,178	26,497	26,818	26,901	26,930
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	32,245	32,137	32,037	32,047	31,880	31,606
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	22,326	22,309	22,811	22,801	22,538	22,370
Electric lighting equipment	1,636	1,628	1,665	1,652	1,639	1,608
Household appliances	1,209	1,160	1,145	1,183	1,193	1,176
Electrical equipment	8,302	8,321	8,422	8,361	8,282	8,153
Transportation equipment	773,279	771,857	775,870	769,721	770,000	771,926
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	24,812	24,764	24,450	24,026	23,976	23,992
Nondefense aircraft & parts	582,905	581,175	582,281	579,146	578,368	578,095
Defense aircraft & parts	70,045	70,932	72,685	71,863	72,313	73,589
Ships & boats	23,068	22,612	23,499	24,018	24,694	25,055
Furniture & related products	9,784	9,853	9,665	9,672	9,578	9,640
Nondurable goods industries	-	-	-	-	-	-

Factory Total Inventories (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	Feb. 2018 adv.	Jan. 2018 adv.	Dec. 2017 adv.	Nov. 2017 adv.	Oct. 2017 adv.	Sep. 2017 adv.
All manufacturing industries	675,200	672,434	669,232	665,121	661,568	645,753
Excluding transportation	542,542	540,549	538,420	534,418	530,634	529,757
Excluding defense	647,830	645,118	641,770	637,845	633,736	633,193
With unfilled orders	334,313	332,764	331,054	330,016	328,842	328,284
Durable goods industries	410,828	408,819	406,833	405,341	404,249	403,920
Primary metals	34,731	34,487	34,141	34,394	34,022	33,720
Iron & steel mills	19,507	19,493	19,088	19,161	18,982	18,871
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	13,189	12,951	13,040	13,187	13,011	12,835
Ferrous metal foundries	2,035	2,043	2,013	2,046	2,029	2,014
Fabricated metal products	51,640	51,351	51,067	50,674	50,516	50,406
Machinery	70,582	70,329	70,356	69,756	69,561	69,724
Construction machinery	5,589	5,561	5,479	5,359	5,304	5,359
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	7,645	7,776	7,846	7,777	7,856	7,690
Industrial machinery	7,898	7,787	7,790	7,766	7,684	7,937
Photographic equipment	1,374	1,353	1,462	1,401	1,375	1,382
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	5,171	5,151	5,191	5,152	5,192	5,202
Metalworking machinery	5,986	6,043	5,969	5,951	5,902	5,855
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	10,409	10,276	10,248	9,988	9,946	10,105
Material handling equipment	5,495	5,520	5,306	5,438	5,266	5,256
Computers & electronic products	45,903	45,558	45,462	45,412	45,100	45,146
Computers	1,850	1,863	1,844	1,819	1,808	1,756
Nondefense communications equipment	4,029	4,028	4,012	4,023	3,990	3,981
Defense communications equipment	583	577	578	571	558	554
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	8,038	7,879	7,994	7,928	7,955	7,969
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	3,114	3,119	3,088	3,124	3,137	3,153
Defense search & navigation equipment	3,134	3,140	3,133	3,167	3,148	3,133
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	15,015	14,942	14,882	14,723	14,622	14,627
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	18,347	18,290	18,128	17,941	17,784	17,795
Electric lighting equipment	2,266	2,249	2,247	2,236	2,209	2,188
Household appliances	2,555	2,568	2,520	2,496	2,454	2,436
Electrical equipment	5,064	5,032	4,895	4,951	4,926	4,914
Transportation equipment	132,658	131,885	130,812	130,703	130,934	130,995
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	24,908	24,983	24,790	24,486	24,426	24,670
Nondefense aircraft & parts	68,233	67,765	66,900	67,438	67,084	66,713
Defense aircraft & parts	13,199	13,184	13,414	13,355	13,426	13,224
Ships & boats	3,284	3,251	3,051	3,193	3,451	3,519
Furniture & related products	8,072	8,070	7,973	7,880	7,886	7,816
Nondurable goods industries	264,372	263,615	262,399	259,780	257,319	256,832

Factory New Orders/ Shipment (Seasonally Adjusted, in millions $)	Feb. 2018 adv.	Jan. 2018 adv.	Dec. 2017 adv.	Nov. 2017 adv.	Oct. 2017 adv.	Sep. 2017 adv.
All manufacturing industries	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	1.00
Excluding transportation	0.99	0.99	0.98	0.99	0.99	0.99
Excluding defense	1.00	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99	0.99
With unfilled orders	1.01	0.98	1.00	1.01	1.00	1.02
Durable goods industries	0.99	0.97	0.98	0.99	0.98	0.99
Primary metals	1.01	1.00	0.99	1.02	1.01	1.00
Iron & steel mills	1.03	1.02	1.02	1.02	1.01	1.00
Aluminum & nonferrous metals	0.99	0.99	0.95	1.01	0.99	0.99
Ferrous metal foundries	0.99	0.97	1.04	1.05	1.03	1.04
Fabricated metal products	1.01	1.02	0.99	1.01	1.02	1.03
Machinery	1.00	1.01	1.00	1.01	1.01	0.99
Construction machinery	1.05	0.97	0.97	1.01	1.09	1.12
Mining, oil field, & gas field machinery	0.98	0.94	0.94	0.94	1.06	1.00
Industrial machinery	1.00	1.02	0.96	0.94	1.01	0.99
Photographic equipment	0.97	0.94	0.94	0.96	0.97	1.00
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, & refrigeration equipment	1.05	1.03	1.01	1.02	1.01	0.99
Metalworking machinery	0.93	1.05	1.00	1.05	0.96	0.93
Turbines, generators, & other power transmission equipment	0.98	1.00	1.00	0.98	0.97	0.93
Material handling equipment	1.00	0.99	1.06	1.04	1.06	1.02
Computers & electronic products	0.84	0.85	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.86
Computers	1.03	1.01	1.14	1.03	1.05	1.05
Nondefense communications equipment	0.93	1.07	1.04	1.08	1.13	1.13
Defense communications equipment	1.03	0.98	1.08	1.06	1.16	0.99
Semiconductors	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electronic components	1.02	1.04	1.01	1.02	1.02	1.01
Nondefense search & navigation equipment	1.05	0.95	0.97	1.00	1.08	1.11
Defense search & navigation equipment	0.94	0.90	0.98	0.97	0.98	0.98
Electromedical, measuring, & control instruments	1.01	1.01	1.00	1.01	1.01	1.01
Electrical equipment, appliances, & components	1.00	0.97	1.02	1.02	1.01	1.00
Electric lighting equipment	1.00	1.00	1.01	1.01	1.03	1.01
Household appliances	1.00	1.01	0.97	1.00	1.01	1.00
Electrical equipment	0.99	0.97	1.03	1.03	1.03	1.00
Transportation equipment	1.02	0.96	1.00	0.99	0.98	1.02
Motor vehicle bodies, parts, & trailers	1.01	1.00	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.01
Nondefense aircraft & parts	1.14	0.91	1.11	1.04	0.98	1.02
Defense aircraft & parts	0.83	0.65	0.89	0.89	0.77	0.97
Ships & boats	1.08	0.78	0.83	0.84	0.93	1.45
Furniture & related products	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.01	1.00	0.99
Nondurable goods industries	1.00	1.00	0.99	1.00	1.00	1.00

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