US Data: Advance Durable Goods - Summary>

Release for: December 2018

Source: U.S. Commerce Department

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

                           Levels:                     Pct chg:

                            Dec-18   Nov-18   Oct-18   Dec-18 Nov-18 Oct-18

New Orders:

 Total                      254445   251471   248945      1.2    1.0   -4.3

  (previous)                                                     0.7   -4.3

 Ex-Trans                   164203   164077   164433      0.1   -0.2    0.4

 Ex-Defense                 239230   234914   234813      1.8    0.0   -1.4

 Transportation              90242    87394    84512      3.3    3.4  -12.4

 Capital Goods               91128    89369    86865      2.0    2.9   -5.9

 Non-Def Cap Goods           77825    75071    74850      3.7    0.3   -4.7

  Ex Aircraft                68502    68964    69687     -0.7   -1.0    0.5

 Defense Cap Goods           13303    14298    12015     -7.0   19.0  -13.1

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     9323     6107     5163     52.7   18.3  -43.7

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    228323   227193   227384      0.5   -0.1   -2.4

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      231819   231066   231767      0.3   -0.3   -2.3

Inventories:

 Total                      414720   413852   412079      0.2    0.4    0.2

 Ex-Trans                   283548   282506   280949      0.4    0.6    0.2

 Ex-Defense                 387719   386612   384932      0.3    0.4    0.2

 Transportation             131172   131346   131130     -0.1    0.2    0.4

 Capital Goods              204142   203840   203464      0.1    0.2    0.3

 Non-Def Cap Goods          181484   180947   180648      0.3    0.2    0.3

  Ex aircraft               126980   126498   125947      0.4    0.4    0.2

 Defense Cap Goods           22658    22893    22816     -1.0    0.3    0.4

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*    54504    54449    54701      0.1   -0.5    0.6

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    325625   324571   322520      0.3    0.6    0.2

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      337558   336510   334562      0.3    0.6    0.2

Shipments:

 Total                      259659   257609   254964      0.8    1.0   -0.3

 Ex-Trans                   168266   167610   167272      0.4    0.2    0.4

 Ex-Defense                 245392   243689   240906      0.7    1.2   -0.5

 Transportation              91393    89999    87692      1.5    2.6   -1.7

 Capital Goods               92469    91607    89776      0.9    2.0   -1.3

 Non-Def Cap Goods           79990    79617    77696      0.5    2.5   -1.9

  Ex aircraft                69239    68925    69030      0.5   -0.2    0.8

 Defense Cap Goods           12479    11990    12080      4.1   -0.7    2.5

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*    10751    10692     8666      0.6   23.4  -19.1

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    232127   230582   230062      0.7    0.2    0.3

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      236429   234927   234218      0.6    0.3    0.4

Unfilled Orders:

 Total                     1180125  1181274  1183284     -0.1   -0.2   -0.2

 Ex-Trans                   369028   369026   368431      0.0    0.2    0.3

 Ex-Defense                 980603   982700   987347     -0.2   -0.5   -0.2

 Transportation             811097   812248   814853     -0.1   -0.3   -0.4

 Capital Goods              865270   866611   868849     -0.2   -0.3   -0.3

 Non-Def Cap Goods          708145   710310   714856     -0.3   -0.6   -0.4

  Ex Aircraft               222568   223305   223266     -0.3    0.0    0.3

 Defense Cap Goods          157125   156301   153993      0.5    1.5    0.0

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*   485577   487005   491590     -0.3   -0.9   -0.7

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    429589   429328   428589      0.1    0.2    0.3

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      537423   537968   537701     -0.1    0.0    0.3

Inventory/shipments ratio*    1.60     1.61     1.62

*MNI Calculation

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

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