US Data: Advance Durable Goods - Summary>

Release for:              February 2019

Source: U.S. Commerce Department

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

                           Levels:                     Pct chg:

                             Feb-19   Jan-19   Dec-18   Feb-19 Jan-19 Dec-18

New Orders:

 Total                      250577   254741   254449     -1.6    0.1    1.3

  (previous)                                                     0.3    1.3

 Ex-Trans                   164546   164417   164529      0.1   -0.1    0.3

 Ex-Defense                 236385   240897   239954     -1.9    0.4    2.2

 Transportation              86031    90324    89920     -4.8    0.4    3.2

 Capital Goods               86698    92094    91203     -5.9    1.0    2.2

 Non-Def Cap Goods           74548    79521    78396     -6.3    1.4    4.5

  Ex Aircraft                68873    68939    68335     -0.1    0.9   -0.8

 Defense Cap Goods           12150    12573    12807     -3.4   -1.8  -10.2

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     5675    10582    10061    -46.4    5.2   64.7

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    228242   227388   228107      0.4   -0.3    0.5

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      232752   231586   231581      0.5    0.0    0.3

Inventories:

 Total                      418924   417596   415341      0.3    0.5    0.3

 Ex-Trans                   284858   284864   283986      0.0    0.3    0.5

 Ex-Defense                 391641   390289   388340      0.3    0.5    0.4

 Transportation             134066   132732   131355      1.0    1.0   -0.1

 Capital Goods              206504   206042   204647      0.2    0.7    0.4

 Non-Def Cap Goods          183566   183097   181993      0.3    0.6    0.5

  Ex aircraft               128089   128050   127432      0.0    0.5    0.7

 Defense Cap Goods           22938    22945    22654      0.0    1.3   -1.1

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*    55477    55047    54561      0.8    0.9    0.2

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    328123   327638   326188      0.1    0.4    0.4

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      340509   339604   338126      0.3    0.4    0.4

Shipments:

 Total                      258581   258062   259199      0.2   -0.4    0.7

 Ex-Trans                   168792   167977   167869      0.5    0.1    0.2

 Ex-Defense                 244321   242973   244836      0.6   -0.8    0.5

 Transportation              89789    90085    91330     -0.3   -1.4    1.6

 Capital Goods               91212    91418    92202     -0.2   -0.9    0.7

 Non-Def Cap Goods           78947    78472    79634      0.6   -1.5    0.1

  Ex aircraft                69567    69592    68928      0.0    1.0    0.1

 Defense Cap Goods           12265    12946    12568     -5.3    3.0    4.8

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     9380     8880    10706      5.6  -17.1    0.1

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    232521   231754   231667      0.3    0.0    0.6

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      236936   236236   235925      0.3    0.1    0.5

Unfilled Orders:

 Total                     1177643  1181266  1180503     -0.3    0.1   -0.1

 Ex-Trans                   370450   370315   369791      0.0    0.1    0.2

 Ex-Defense                 980286   983841   981833     -0.4    0.2   -0.1

 Transportation             807193   810951   810712     -0.5    0.0   -0.2

 Capital Goods              861729   866243   865567     -0.5    0.1   -0.1

 Non-Def Cap Goods          705713   710112   709063     -0.6    0.1   -0.2

  Ex Aircraft               221356   222050   222703     -0.3   -0.3   -0.3

 Defense Cap Goods          156016   156131   156504     -0.1   -0.2    0.2

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*   484357   488062   486360     -0.8    0.3   -0.1

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    429607   429505   429787      0.0   -0.1    0.1

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      537270   537073   537639      0.0   -0.1   -0.1

Inventory/shipments ratio*    1.62     1.62     1.60

*MNI Calculation

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

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