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US Data: Advance Durable Goods Shipments and New Orders>

Release for: August 2017
Source: U.S. Commerce Department
Data in millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                    Levels:                     Pct chg:
                      Aug-17   Jul-17   Jun-17   Aug-17 Jul-17 Jun-17
Total
 Shipments            237199   236513   236311      0.3    0.1    0.0
 New Orders           232798   228910   245705      1.7   -6.8    6.4
 Ex. Transportation
  Shipments           158881   157675   157569      0.8    0.1    0.3
  New Orders          155425   155137   153944      0.2    0.8    0.0
 Ex. Defense
  Shipments           224823   224213   224266      0.3    0.0    0.1
  New Orders          220070   215249   233645      2.2   -7.9    6.4
 Mfg With Unfilled Orders
  Shipments           166919   167249   166404     -0.2    0.5    0.0
  New Orders          166979   163976   180446      1.8   -9.1    9.1
Primary Metals
 Shipments             19637    19310    19277      1.7    0.2   -0.6
 New Orders            19636    19583    19483      0.3    0.5    0.4
Fabricated Metals
 Shipments             32048    31805    31922      0.8   -0.4    0.1
 New Orders            32540    32679    32389     -0.4    0.9    0.1
Machinery
 Shipments             31433    31088    31074      1.1    0.0    0.5
 New Orders            31863    31782    31796      0.3    0.0    0.5
Computers, Electronics
 Shipments             27072    26875    26603      0.7    1.0    0.7
 New Orders            22818    22532    22013      1.3    2.4   -0.2
 Computers
  Shipments             2029     2066     1933     -1.8    6.9   -1.0
  New Orders            2059     2107     1976     -2.3    6.6    1.2
 Communications Equip.
  Shipments             2907     2940     2969     -1.1   -1.0   -0.6
  New Orders            3161     3039     3052      4.0   -0.4    1.4
Electrical equipment
 and appliances
 Shipments              9958     9989    10153     -0.3   -1.6    0.9
 New Orders             9858     9868     9700     -0.1    1.7   -4.7
Transportation Equip.
 Shipments             78318    78838    78742     -0.7    0.1   -0.6
 New Orders            77373    73773    91761      4.9  -19.6   19.1
 Motor Vehicles, Parts
  Shipments            54209    53184    54128      1.9   -1.7   -0.8
  New Orders           53886    53100    54261      1.5   -2.1   -0.8
 Nondef Aircraft, Parts
  Shipments            11507    12999    12033    -11.5    8.0    0.7
  New Orders           10521     7267    25123     44.8  -71.1  129.2
 Defense Aircraft, Parts
  Shipments             4067     4065     4107      0.0   -1.0    0.5
  New Orders            4108     5429     3725    -24.3   45.7    5.6
All other durables
 Shipments             38733    38608    38540      0.3    0.2    0.3
 New Orders            38710    38693    38563      0.0    0.3    0.7
Capital Goods
 Shipments             81955    82950    81167     -1.2    2.2    0.4
 New Orders            81624    79535    94754      2.6  -16.1   19.4
 Nondefense Capital Goods
  Shipments            71565    72639    71175     -1.5    2.1    0.9
  New Orders           70959    67758    84540      4.7  -19.9   20.8
  Excluding Aircraft
  Shipments            64431    63969    63298      0.7    1.1    0.6
  New Orders           64752    64155    63464      0.9    1.1   -0.1
 Defense Capital Goods
  Shipments            10390    10311     9992      0.8    3.2   -2.7
  New Orders           10665    11777    10214     -9.4   15.3    9.1
Calculated by MNI:
Civilian Aircraft cap. goods
  Shipments             7134     8670     7877    -17.7   10.1    3.2
  New Orders            6207     3603    21076     72.3  -82.9  226.6
Transport ex. mtr veh, aircraft
  Shipments             8535     8590     8474     -0.6    1.4   -2.3
  New Orders            8858     7977     8652     11.0   -7.8   10.2
Total Ex Defense Cap., Nondef Air
  Shipments           215302   213203   214286      1.0   -0.5    0.1
  New Orders          211612   209866   210368      0.8   -0.2   -0.1
Total Ex Def., Civ Air Cap. Gds.
  Shipments           219675   217532   218442      1.0   -0.4    0.0
  New Orders          215926   213530   214415      1.1   -0.4   -0.3
       ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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