Dec Factory Orders +1.8%; Ex-trans +0.6%....>

US DATA: Dec Factory Orders +1.8%; Ex-trans +0.6%

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-Dec Factory Orders +1.8%; Ex-Defense New Orders -0.6%

-Dec Factory Orders Ex-Trans +0.6%; Transportation +7.9%

-Nov Factory Orders Revised To -1.2% (Prev -0.7%)

-Dec Durable Orders Unrev At +2.4%; Nondur +1.1%

-Dec Mfg Inventories +0.5%; Shipments +0.5%; Unfilled Ords Flat

-Dec Nondef Cap Gds Ex-Aircraft Orders -0.8%; Def Cap Gds +89.8%

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US factory orders rose 1.8% in December, the largest m/m percent change 

since April 2018 when factory orders increased 2.2%. November factory 

orders were revised lower to -1.2% (prev -0.7%). Factory orders 

excluding transportation posted a 0.6% increase which was the largest 

since April 2018, but orders excluding defense fell 0.6%, the largest 

decline since September. Durable goods new orders were unrevised at 

2.4%, but still posted the strongest increase since April 2018 when 

durables rose by 4.2%, and defense capital goods new orders rose 89.8%, 

the largest increase since March 2017.