US Data: Advance Durable Goods - Summary>

Release for:              October 2019

Source: U.S. Commerce Department

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

                           Levels:                     Pct chg:

                             Oct-19   Sep-19   Aug-19   Oct-19 Sep-19 Aug-19

New Orders:

 Total                      248746   247265   250733      0.6   -1.4    0.2

  (previous)                                                    -1.2    0.4

 Ex-Trans                   164153   163231   163962      0.6   -0.4    0.1

 Ex-Defense                 230314   230065   234330      0.1   -1.8   -1.0

 Transportation              84593    84034    86771      0.7   -3.2    0.2

 Capital Goods               89535    84981    87404      5.4   -2.8   -0.5

 Non-Def Cap Goods           73298    71057    73584      3.2   -3.4   -3.2

  Ex Aircraft                69369    68562    68901      1.2   -0.5   -0.8

 Defense Cap Goods           16237    13924    13820     16.6    0.8   16.9

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     3929     2495     4683     57.5  -46.7  -28.6

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    224387   226001   227854     -0.7   -0.8    0.1

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      228580   230846   232230     -1.0   -0.6    0.1

Inventories:

 Total                      431981   430542   428293      0.3    0.5    0.3

 Ex-Trans                   284607   285002   284976     -0.1    0.0   -0.3

 Ex-Defense                 403253   402200   400178      0.3    0.5    0.3

 Transportation             147374   145540   143317      1.3    1.6    1.3

 Capital Goods              220086   218323   216402      0.8    0.9    0.7

 Non-Def Cap Goods          195811   194413   192686      0.7    0.9    1.0

  Ex aircraft               129901   130082   129881     -0.1    0.2   -0.1

 Defense Cap Goods           24275    23910    23716      1.5    0.8   -1.2

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*    65910    64331    62805      2.5    2.4    3.2

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    329372   329813   329407     -0.1    0.1   -0.1

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      341796   342301   341772     -0.1    0.2   -0.2

Shipments:

 Total                      251622   251588   253325      0.0   -0.7   -0.2

 Ex-Trans                   167907   167576   167767      0.2   -0.1    0.3

 Ex-Defense                 236700   236773   238615      0.0   -0.8   -0.2

 Transportation              83715    84012    85558     -0.4   -1.8   -1.1

 Capital Goods               88117    86928    86943      1.4    0.0   -0.1

 Non-Def Cap Goods           75118    74082    74302      1.4   -0.3   -0.3

  Ex aircraft                69335    68776    69355      0.8   -0.8   -0.1

 Defense Cap Goods           12999    12846    12641      1.2    1.6    0.6

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*     5783     5306     4947      9.0    7.3   -2.6

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    228562   229411   231514     -0.4   -0.9   -0.1

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      232840   233436   235737     -0.3   -1.0   -0.2

Unfilled Orders:

 Total                     1164818  1163468  1163471      0.1    0.0    0.1

 Ex-Trans                   369329   368857   368882      0.1    0.0    0.1

 Ex-Defense                 960075   962235   964623     -0.2   -0.2    0.0

 Transportation             795489   794611   794589      0.1    0.0    0.2

 Capital Goods              849581   848163   850110      0.2   -0.2    0.1

 Non-Def Cap Goods          688163   689983   693008     -0.3   -0.4   -0.1

  Ex Aircraft               217956   217922   218136      0.0   -0.1   -0.2

 Defense Cap Goods          161418   158180   157102      2.0    0.7    0.8

 Civ. Aircraft Cap Goods*   470207   472061   474872     -0.4   -0.6   -0.1

 Ex Def. Cap,Nondef Air*    426093   426042   425132      0.0    0.2    0.1

 Ex Def. Cap, Civ Air*      533193   533227   531497      0.0    0.3    0.1

Inventory/shipments ratio*    1.72     1.71     1.69

*MNI Calculation

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

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