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US DATA: Core Goods Orders Outpace Shipments Again But Trend Still Tepid

US DATA

Durable goods orders fared better than expected, with both headline and core orders beating expectations in the preliminary September release and a downward revision to Aug being confined to volatile items.

  • Overall durable goods orders -0.8% M/M (cons -1.0%) after a downward revised -0.8% (initial 0.0%).
  • Core orders 0.5% M/M (cons 0.1) in Sept after an unrevised 0.3% M/M.
  • Core shipments -0.3% M/M (cons 0.0) in Sept after an unrevised -0.1% M/M.
  • Core shipments last increased in June and have declined in six of the past eight months, which sees trend growth of -2.8% annualized on a 3M/3M basis.
  • Core orders are however pointing to some upside ahead, having firmed to 0.5% annualized on the same 3M/3M basis having bottomed at -2.1% annualized as of July.
  • As has been the case for some time, the industrial trend remains at best tepid but isn’t as bad as ISM manufacturing firmly in contraction territory would ordinarily imply. 
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Durable goods orders fared better than expected, with both headline and core orders beating expectations in the preliminary September release and a downward revision to Aug being confined to volatile items.

  • Overall durable goods orders -0.8% M/M (cons -1.0%) after a downward revised -0.8% (initial 0.0%).
  • Core orders 0.5% M/M (cons 0.1) in Sept after an unrevised 0.3% M/M.
  • Core shipments -0.3% M/M (cons 0.0) in Sept after an unrevised -0.1% M/M.
  • Core shipments last increased in June and have declined in six of the past eight months, which sees trend growth of -2.8% annualized on a 3M/3M basis.
  • Core orders are however pointing to some upside ahead, having firmed to 0.5% annualized on the same 3M/3M basis having bottomed at -2.1% annualized as of July.
  • As has been the case for some time, the industrial trend remains at best tepid but isn’t as bad as ISM manufacturing firmly in contraction territory would ordinarily imply.