US Data: Advance Durable Goods - Summary>

Release for: May 2019

Source: U.S. Commerce Department

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

                           Levels:                     Pct chg:

                            May-19   Apr-19   Mar-19   May-19 Apr-19 Mar-19

New Orders:

 Total                      243367   246694   253834     -1.3   -2.8    1.7

  (previous)                                                    -2.1    1.7

 Ex-Trans                   163371   162840   163039      0.3   -0.1   -0.5

 Ex-Defense                 227976   229451   237243     -0.6   -3.3    0.1

 Transportation              79996    83854    90795     -4.6   -7.6    6.0

 Capital Goods               84657    87523    91900     -3.3   -4.8    6.3

 Non-Def Cap Goods           70792    72485    77840     -2.3   -6.9    2.6

  Ex Aircraft                68950    68695    69396      0.4   -1.0    0.3

 Defense Cap Goods           13865    15038    14060     -7.8    7.0   32.7

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     1842     3790     8444    -51.4  -55.1   25.6

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    224164   224218   227518      0.0   -1.5    0.0

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      227660   227866   231330     -0.1   -1.5   -0.4

Inventories:

 Total                      424577   422504   420796      0.5    0.4    0.3

 Ex-Trans                   286159   286201   286204      0.0    0.0    0.4

 Ex-Defense                 396771   394754   393181      0.5    0.4    0.3

 Transportation             138418   136303   134592      1.6    1.3    0.3

 Capital Goods              211551   209559   208198      1.0    0.7    0.7

 Non-Def Cap Goods          188090   186184   184956      1.0    0.7    0.7

  Ex aircraft               129337   129078   128976      0.2    0.1    0.7

 Defense Cap Goods           23461    23375    23242      0.4    0.6    1.0

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*    58753    57106    55980      2.9    2.0    0.6

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    329999   329731   329334      0.1    0.1    0.3

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      342363   342023   341574      0.1    0.1    0.3

Shipments:

 Total                      254092   253190   257319      0.4   -1.6   -0.5

 Ex-Trans                   168337   167677   167815      0.4   -0.1   -0.7

 Ex-Defense                 239037   238127   242824      0.4   -1.9   -0.6

 Transportation              85755    85513    89504      0.3   -4.5   -0.1

 Capital Goods               89098    88691    90810      0.5   -2.3   -0.6

 Non-Def Cap Goods           76086    75738    78288      0.5   -3.3   -0.9

  Ex aircraft                70086    69633    69380      0.7    0.4   -0.6

 Defense Cap Goods           13012    12953    12522      0.5    3.4    0.9

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     6000     6105     8908     -1.7  -31.5   -2.8

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    230673   229679   231712      0.4   -0.9   -0.4

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      235080   234132   235889      0.4   -0.7   -0.5

Unfilled Orders:

 Total                     1171228  1177599  1179904     -0.5   -0.2    0.1

 Ex-Trans                   367583   368195   368841     -0.2   -0.2   -0.2

 Ex-Defense                 969096   975803   980288     -0.7   -0.5   -0.1

 Transportation             803645   809404   811063     -0.7   -0.2    0.2

 Capital Goods              859007   863448   864616     -0.5   -0.1    0.1

 Non-Def Cap Goods          698748   704042   707295     -0.8   -0.5   -0.1

  Ex Aircraft               219108   220244   221182     -0.5   -0.4    0.0

 Defense Cap Goods          160259   159406   157321      0.5    1.3    1.0

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*   479640   483798   486113     -0.9   -0.5   -0.1

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    425422   427577   428847     -0.5   -0.3    0.0

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      531329   534395   536470     -0.6   -0.4   -0.1

Inventory/shipments ratio*    1.67     1.67     1.64

*MNI Calculation

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

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