Durable goods manufacturers’ new orders were $289.7 billion, virtually unchanged from July 2024, according to The Census Bureau. This followed a 9.9% July decrease.
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Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.5%. Excluding defense, new orders decreased 0.2%.
Shipments of manufactured durable goods in August decreased 0.5%. This followed a 1.1% July increase.
Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in August were up 0.4%. Transportation equipment led the increase.
Inventories of manufactured durable goods were up 0.1% in August, led by transportation equipment.
Nondefense new orders for capital goods in August were down 1.3%; defense new orders for capital goods were up 5.3%.
