US Data: Advance Durable Goods - Summary>

Release for: October 2018

Source: U.S. Commerce Department

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

                           Levels:                     Pct chg:

                             Oct-18   Sep-18   Aug-18   Oct-18 Sep-18 Aug-18

New Orders:

 Total                      248520   260015   260223     -4.4   -0.1    4.7

  (previous)                                                     0.7    4.7

 Ex-Trans                   163828   163584   164643      0.1   -0.6    0.3

 Ex-Defense                 235064   237982   241252     -1.2   -1.4    2.6

 Transportation              84692    96431    95580    -12.2    0.9   13.3

 Capital Goods               86801    92368    97603     -6.0   -5.4   12.7

 Non-Def Cap Goods           75284    78554    81095     -4.2   -3.1    7.4

  Ex Aircraft                69356    69387    69747      0.0   -0.5   -0.2

 Defense Cap Goods           11517    13814    16508    -16.6  -16.3   48.8

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     5928     9167    11348    -35.3  -19.2   99.9

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    226504   232843   227168     -2.7    2.5   -0.1

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      231075   237034   232367     -2.5    2.0    0.2

Inventories:

 Total                      410905   411005   407936      0.0    0.8   -0.2

 Ex-Trans                   279919   280497   278586     -0.2    0.7    0.4

 Ex-Defense                 383815   383954   380979      0.0    0.8   -0.1

 Transportation             130986   130508   129350      0.4    0.9   -1.4

 Capital Goods              202846   202763   200472      0.0    1.1   -0.6

 Non-Def Cap Goods          180070   180045   177868      0.0    1.2   -0.5

  Ex aircraft               125350   125658   124534     -0.2    0.9    0.5

 Defense Cap Goods           22776    22718    22604      0.3    0.5   -0.9

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*    54720    54387    53334      0.6    2.0   -2.9

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    321263   321693   319990     -0.1    0.5    0.4

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      333409   333900   331998     -0.1    0.6    0.4

Shipments:

 Total                      254478   255896   253456     -0.6    1.0    0.9

 Ex-Trans                   166898   166677   166896      0.1   -0.1    0.1

 Ex-Defense                 240374   242081   239703     -0.7    1.0    0.8

 Transportation              87580    89219    86560     -1.8    3.1    2.4

 Capital Goods               89506    91109    89033     -1.8    2.3    2.8

 Non-Def Cap Goods           77386    79325    77376     -2.4    2.5    3.0

  Ex aircraft                68828    68610    68724      0.3   -0.2   -0.1

 Defense Cap Goods           12120    11784    11657      2.9    1.1    1.5

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     8558    10715     8652    -20.1   23.8   36.6

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    229687   229331   229021      0.2    0.1   -0.1

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      233800   233397   233147      0.2    0.1   -0.1

Unfilled Orders:

 Total                     1183035  1185051  1176807     -0.2    0.7    0.9

 Ex-Trans                   367943   367071   366039      0.2    0.3    0.5

 Ex-Defense                 987830   989198   989172     -0.1    0.0    0.6

 Transportation             815092   817980   810768     -0.4    0.9    1.1

 Capital Goods              868967   871672   870413     -0.3    0.1    1.0

 Non-Def Cap Goods          715522   717624   718395     -0.3   -0.1    0.5

  Ex Aircraft               223059   222531   221754      0.2    0.4    0.5

 Defense Cap Goods          153445   154048   152018     -0.4    1.3    3.3

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*   492463   495093   496641     -0.5   -0.3    0.5

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    427804   427045   419408      0.2    1.8    0.5

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      537127   535910   528148      0.2    1.5    0.6

Inventory/shipments ratio*    1.61     1.61     1.61

*MNI Calculation

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

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