US Data: Advance Durable Goods - Summary>

Release for: March 2018

Source: U.S. Commerce Department

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

                           Levels:                     Pct chg:

                            Mar-18   Feb-18   Jan-18   Mar-18 Feb-18 Jan-18

New Orders:

 Total                      254947   248574   240095      2.6    3.5   -3.6

  (previous)                                                     3.0   -3.6

 Ex-Trans                   163534   163586   162073      0.0    0.9   -0.3

 Ex-Defense                 242662   236093   229166      2.8    3.0   -2.6

 Transportation              91413    84988    78022      7.6    8.9   -9.8

 Capital Goods               93764    88931    83225      5.4    6.9   -4.7

 Non-Def Cap Goods           83142    78402    74090      6.0    5.8   -1.0

  Ex Aircraft                67238    67329    66718     -0.1    0.9   -0.3

 Defense Cap Goods           10622    10529     9135      0.9   15.3  -26.6

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*    15904    11073     7372     43.6   50.2   -7.2

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    223328   223510   220514     -0.1    1.4   -0.7

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      228421   226972   223588      0.6    1.5   -2.2

Inventories:

 Total                      411007   410698   409006      0.1    0.4    0.4

 Ex-Trans                   279316   278169   277064      0.4    0.4    0.3

 Ex-Defense                 383634   383350   381678      0.1    0.4    0.5

 Transportation             131691   132529   131942     -0.6    0.4    0.6

 Capital Goods              205728   206143   205174     -0.2    0.5    0.4

 Non-Def Cap Goods          182474   182933   182000     -0.3    0.5    0.5

  Ex aircraft               126436   126059   125621      0.3    0.3    0.1

 Defense Cap Goods           23254    23210    23174      0.2    0.2   -0.6

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*    56038    56874    56379     -1.5    0.9    1.5

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    320457   319289   318032      0.4    0.4    0.3

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      331715   330614   329453      0.3    0.4    0.3

Shipments:

 Total                      249979   249258   247537      0.3    0.7    0.5

 Ex-Trans                   166533   167271   165896     -0.4    0.8    0.2

 Ex-Defense                 237598   236292   233961      0.6    1.0    0.3

 Transportation              83446    81987    81641      1.8    0.4    0.9

 Capital Goods               87444    86080    85868      1.6    0.2    0.4

 Non-Def Cap Goods           76858    75200    74376      2.2    1.1    0.0

  Ex aircraft                67303    67803    67135     -0.7    1.0    0.0

 Defense Cap Goods           10586    10880    11492     -2.7   -5.3    2.9

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     9555     7397     7241     29.2    2.2   -0.5

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    226004   226807   224610     -0.4    1.0    0.3

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      229838   230981   228804     -0.5    1.0    0.4

Unfilled Orders:

 Total                     1153966  1144691  1140945      0.8    0.3   -0.3

 Ex-Trans                   371153   369845   369100      0.4    0.2    0.1

 Ex-Defense                 980103   970732   966501      1.0    0.4   -0.1

 Transportation             782813   774846   771845      1.0    0.4   -0.5

 Capital Goods              856739   850419   847568      0.7    0.3   -0.3

 Non-Def Cap Goods          716084   709800   706598      0.9    0.5    0.0

  Ex Aircraft               228179   228244   228718      0.0   -0.2   -0.2

 Defense Cap Goods          140655   140619   140970      0.0   -0.2   -1.6

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*   487905   481556   477880      1.3    0.8    0.0

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    421486   419855   418722      0.4    0.3    0.0

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      525406   522516   522095      0.6    0.1   -0.2

Inventory/shipments ratio*    1.64     1.65     1.65

*MNI Calculation

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

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