US Data: Advance Durable Goods - Summary>

Release for: January 2018

Source: U.S. Commerce Department

Data in millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted

                           Levels:                     Pct chg:

                             Jan-18   Dec-17   Nov-17   Jan-18 Dec-17 Nov-17

New Orders:

 Total                      239724   248891   242477     -3.7    2.6    1.7

  (previous)                                                     2.8    1.7

 Ex-Trans                   162002   162537   161344     -0.3    0.7    0.4

 Ex-Defense                 228738   235015   230059     -2.7    2.2    1.5

 Transportation              77722    86354    81133    -10.0    6.4    4.5

 Capital Goods               82822    87248    85837     -5.1    1.6    2.7

 Non-Def Cap Goods           73644    74796    75119     -1.5   -0.4    2.1

  Ex Aircraft                66695    66849    67256     -0.2   -0.6    0.1

 Defense Cap Goods            9178    12452    10718    -26.3   16.2    6.6

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     6949     7947     7863    -12.6    1.1   24.4

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    220170   221952   219284     -0.8    1.2    0.9

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      223597   228492   223896     -2.1    2.1    0.9

Inventories:

 Total                      408537   407286   405427      0.3    0.5    0.3

 Ex-Trans                   276676   276120   274870      0.2    0.5    0.5

 Ex-Defense                 381230   379756   378140      0.4    0.4    0.4

 Transportation             131861   131166   130557      0.5    0.5   -0.3

 Capital Goods              205094   204260   203474      0.4    0.4    0.1

 Non-Def Cap Goods          181943   180950   180412      0.5    0.3    0.3

  Ex aircraft               125626   125395   124712      0.2    0.5    0.3

 Defense Cap Goods           23151    23310    23062     -0.7    1.1   -1.5

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*    56317    55555    55700      1.4   -0.3    0.2

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    317622   316919   315171      0.2    0.6    0.4

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      329069   328421   326665      0.2    0.5    0.4

Shipments:

 Total                      246997   246411   245282      0.2    0.5    1.3

 Ex-Trans                   165682   165509   163850      0.1    1.0    0.6

 Ex-Defense                 233392   233172   232204      0.1    0.4    1.3

 Transportation              81315    80902    81432      0.5   -0.7    2.8

 Capital Goods               85898    85529    85647      0.4   -0.1    1.9

 Non-Def Cap Goods           74369    74358    74537      0.0   -0.2    2.0

  Ex aircraft                67114    67080    66637      0.1    0.7    0.3

 Defense Cap Goods           11529    11171    11110      3.2    0.5    1.4

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     7255     7278     7900     -0.3   -7.9   19.2

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    224031   223868   222135      0.1    0.8    0.8

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      228213   227962   226272      0.1    0.7    0.8

Unfilled Orders:

 Total                     1140851  1143957  1137311     -0.3    0.6    0.1

 Ex-Trans                   369089   368602   367408      0.1    0.3    0.5

 Ex-Defense                 966379   966866   960857     -0.1    0.6    0.2

 Transportation             771762   775355   769903     -0.5    0.7    0.0

 Capital Goods              847086   850162   848443     -0.4    0.2    0.0

 Non-Def Cap Goods          706110   706835   706397     -0.1    0.1    0.1

  Ex Aircraft               228667   229086   229317     -0.2   -0.1    0.3

 Defense Cap Goods          140976   143327   142046     -1.6    0.9   -0.3

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*   477443   477749   477080     -0.1    0.1    0.0

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    418694   418388   416138      0.1    0.5    0.3

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      522432   522881   518185     -0.1    0.9    0.4

Inventory/shipments ratio*    1.65     1.65     1.65

*MNI Calculation

       ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **

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