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US Data: Advance Durable Goods - Summary>

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
New Orders:
 Total                      232798   228910   245705      1.7   -6.8    6.4
  (previous)                                                    -6.8    6.4
 Ex-Trans                   155425   155137   153944      0.2    0.8    0.0
 Ex-Defense                 220070   215249   233645      2.2   -7.9    6.4
 Transportation              77373    73773    91761      4.9  -19.6   19.1
 Capital Goods               81624    79535    94754      2.6  -16.1   19.4
 Non-Def Cap Goods           70959    67758    84540      4.7  -19.9   20.8
  Ex Aircraft                64752    64155    63464      0.9    1.1   -0.1
 Defense Cap Goods           10665    11777    10214     -9.4   15.3    9.1
 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     6207     3603    21076     72.3  -82.9  226.6
 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    211612   209866   210368      0.8   -0.2   -0.1
 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      215926   213530   214415      1.1   -0.4   -0.3
Inventories:
 Total                      400548   399158   397479      0.3    0.4    0.5
 Ex-Trans                   270782   269342   268432      0.5    0.3    0.8
 Ex-Defense                 372864   371669   370676      0.3    0.3    0.5
 Transportation             129766   129816   129047      0.0    0.6   -0.1
 Capital Goods              201771   200786   200289      0.5    0.2    0.6
 Non-Def Cap Goods          178294   177574   177865      0.4   -0.2    0.7
  Ex aircraft               123683   123142   123069      0.4    0.1    1.0
 Defense Cap Goods           23477    23212    22424      1.1    3.5   -0.2
 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*    54611    54432    54796      0.3   -0.7    0.0
 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    311170   310021   308785      0.4    0.4    0.6
 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      322460   321514   320259      0.3    0.4    0.6
Shipments:
 Total                      237199   236513   236311      0.3    0.1    0.0
 Ex-Trans                   158881   157675   157569      0.8    0.1    0.3
 Ex-Defense                 224823   224213   224266      0.3    0.0    0.1
 Transportation              78318    78838    78742     -0.7    0.1   -0.6
 Capital Goods               81955    82950    81167     -1.2    2.2    0.4
 Non-Def Cap Goods           71565    72639    71175     -1.5    2.1    0.9
  Ex aircraft                64431    63969    63298      0.7    1.1    0.6
 Defense Cap Goods           10390    10311     9992      0.8    3.2   -2.7
 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     7134     8670     7877    -17.7   10.1    3.2
 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    215302   213203   214286      1.0   -0.5    0.1
 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      219675   217532   218442      1.0   -0.4    0.0
Unfilled Orders:
 Total                     1132333  1132273  1135546      0.0   -0.3    1.3
 Ex-Trans                   361351   360346   358554      0.3    0.5    0.3
 Ex-Defense                 953969   954261   958895      0.0   -0.5    1.5
 Transportation             770982   771927   776992     -0.1   -0.7    1.7
 Capital Goods              846574   846905   850320      0.0   -0.4    1.6
 Non-Def Cap Goods          704001   704607   709488     -0.1   -0.7    1.9
  Ex Aircraft               226761   226440   226254      0.1    0.1    0.1
 Defense Cap Goods          142573   142298   140832      0.2    1.0    0.2
 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*   477240   478167   483234     -0.2   -1.0    2.8
 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    411082   410311   409318      0.2    0.2    0.2
 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      512520   511808   511480      0.1    0.1    0.1
Inventory/shipments ratio*    1.69     1.69     1.68
*MNI Calculation
       ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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