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US Data: Advance Durable Goods - Summary>

Release for: May 2018
Source: U.S. Commerce Department
Data in millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                           Levels:                     Pct chg:
                            May-18   Apr-18   Mar-18   May-18 Apr-18 Mar-18
New Orders:
 Total                      248755   250169   252760     -0.6   -1.0    2.7
  (previous)                                                    -1.6    2.7
 Ex-Trans                   162627   163137   160063     -0.3    1.9    0.5
 Ex-Defense                 233266   236792   240341     -1.5   -1.5    4.3
 Transportation              86128    87032    92697     -1.0   -6.1    6.9
 Capital Goods               90459    90285    94837      0.2   -4.8    4.2
 Non-Def Cap Goods           77147    78722    84205     -2.0   -6.5    8.7
  Ex Aircraft                67865    67976    66478     -0.2    2.3   -1.0
 Defense Cap Goods           13312    11563    10632     15.1    8.8  -21.2
 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     9282    10746    17727    -13.6  -39.4   71.7
 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    220636   222678   219283     -0.9    1.5    0.4
 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      226161   227860   224401     -0.7    1.5    1.0
Inventories:
 Total                      402977   401861   400538      0.3    0.3    0.2
 Ex-Trans                   273995   273398   272421      0.2    0.4    0.5
 Ex-Defense                 376284   375212   373588      0.3    0.4    0.2
 Transportation             128982   128463   128117      0.4    0.3   -0.5
 Capital Goods              198938   198473   197966      0.2    0.3   -0.1
 Non-Def Cap Goods          176577   176219   175394      0.2    0.5   -0.1
  Ex aircraft               122831   122649   122438      0.1    0.2    0.4
 Defense Cap Goods           22361    22254    22572      0.5   -1.4    0.1
 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*    53746    53570    52956      0.3    1.2   -1.3
 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    315019   314059   313053      0.3    0.3    0.5
 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      326870   326037   325010      0.3    0.3    0.4
Shipments:
 Total                      246886   247100   247016     -0.1    0.0    0.8
 Ex-Trans                   164777   164501   162374      0.2    1.3   -0.1
 Ex-Defense                 233362   233214   234494      0.1   -0.5    1.1
 Transportation              82109    82599    84642     -0.6   -2.4    2.5
 Capital Goods               87972    86257    88306      2.0   -2.3    2.1
 Non-Def Cap Goods           76441    74191    77654      3.0   -4.5    2.7
  Ex aircraft                67311    67408    66728     -0.1    1.0   -0.7
 Defense Cap Goods           11531    12066    10652     -4.4   13.3   -2.1
 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     9130     6783    10926     34.6  -37.9   29.3
 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    222013   224149   221437     -1.0    1.2    0.0
 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      226225   228251   225438     -0.9    1.2   -0.1
Unfilled Orders:
 Total                     1160562  1154624  1147769      0.5    0.6    0.8
 Ex-Trans                   360213   358294   355872      0.5    0.7    0.4
 Ex-Defense                 980096   976123   968759      0.4    0.8    1.0
 Transportation             800349   796330   791897      0.5    0.6    1.0
 Capital Goods              861499   859012   854984      0.3    0.5    0.8
 Non-Def Cap Goods          714506   713800   709269      0.1    0.6    0.9
  Ex Aircraft               218403   217849   217281      0.3    0.3   -0.1
 Defense Cap Goods          146993   145212   145715      1.2   -0.3    0.0
 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*   496103   495951   491988      0.0    0.8    1.4
 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    410706   408014   405699      0.7    0.6    0.4
 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      517466   513461   510066      0.8    0.7    0.6
Inventory/shipments ratio*    1.63     1.63     1.62
*MNI Calculation
       ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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