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US Data: Advance Durable Goods - Summary>

Release for: April 2018
Source: U.S. Commerce Department
Data in millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                           Levels:                     Pct chg:
                            Apr-18   Mar-18   Feb-18   Apr-18 Mar-18 Feb-18
New Orders:
 Total                      248496   252678   246039     -1.7    2.7    4.5
  (previous)                                                     2.6    4.5
 Ex-Trans                   161438   159973   159308      0.9    0.4    1.3
 Ex-Defense                 235774   240259   230449     -1.9    4.3    2.2
 Transportation              87058    92705    86731     -6.1    6.9   10.8
 Capital Goods               89548    94937    90972     -5.7    4.4    9.6
 Non-Def Cap Goods           78589    84304    77475     -6.8    8.8    3.5
  Ex Aircraft                67275    66577    67149      1.0   -0.9    1.6
 Defense Cap Goods           10959    10633    13497      3.1  -21.2   66.3
 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*    11314    17727    10326    -36.2   71.7   17.5
 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    221309   219203   218331      1.0    0.4    1.6
 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      226223   224318   222216      0.8    0.9    1.7
Inventories:
 Total                      401688   400521   399816      0.3    0.2    0.5
 Ex-Trans                   273186   272415   271105      0.3    0.5    0.5
 Ex-Defense                 375035   373571   372911      0.4    0.2    0.6
 Transportation             128502   128106   128711      0.3   -0.5    0.6
 Capital Goods              198391   197919   198122      0.2   -0.1    0.7
 Non-Def Cap Goods          176143   175347   175583      0.5   -0.1    0.7
  Ex aircraft               122525   122391   121903      0.1    0.4    0.5
 Defense Cap Goods           22248    22572    22539     -1.4    0.1    0.1
 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*    53618    52956    53680      1.3   -1.3    NA
 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    313801   313035   311604      0.2    0.5    0.5
 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      325822   324993   323597      0.3    0.4    8.0
Shipments:
 Total                      246735   246881   245051     -0.1    0.7    0.7
 Ex-Trans                   163914   162269   162493      1.0   -0.1    1.0
 Ex-Defense                 232894   234359   232003     -0.6    1.0    1.0
 Transportation              82821    84612    82558     -2.1    2.5    0.3
 Capital Goods               86098    88333    86524     -2.5    2.1    0.1
 Non-Def Cap Goods           74077    77681    75648     -4.6    2.7    1.0
  Ex aircraft                67309    66755    67199      0.8   -0.7    1.0
 Defense Cap Goods           12021    10652    10876     12.9   -2.1   -5.2
 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     6768    10926     8449    -38.1   29.3    0.9
 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    223834   221305   221361      1.1    0.0    1.1
 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      227946   225303   225726      1.2   -0.2    1.0
Unfilled Orders:
 Total                     1153353  1147820  1138190      0.5    0.8    0.4
 Ex-Trans                   357181   355885   354348      0.4    0.4    0.2
 Ex-Defense                 975462   968810   959077      0.7    1.0    0.3
 Transportation             796172   791935   783842      0.5    1.0    0.5
 Capital Goods              858507   855057   848453      0.4    0.8    0.5
 Non-Def Cap Goods          713853   709341   702718      0.6    0.9    0.3
  Ex Aircraft               217319   217353   217531      0.0   -0.1    0.0
 Defense Cap Goods          144654   145716   145735     -0.7    0.0    1.8
 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*   496534   491988   485187      0.9    1.4    0.4
 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    406996   405749   404018      0.3    0.4    0.3
 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      512165   510116   507268      0.4    0.6    0.1
Inventory/shipments ratio*    1.63     1.62     1.63
*MNI Calculation
       ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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