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US Data: Factory Orders - Summary>

Release for:        September 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Data in millions of U.S. dollars, adjusted
                                                            % change
                                Sep-18  Aug-18  Jul-18   Sep-18 Aug-18 Jul-18
New orders, total               515334  511974  498925      0.7    2.6   -0.5
  (previous)                                                       2.3   -0.5
 Durable goods orders           262010  260223  248571      0.7    4.7   -1.2
  (previous)                                                0.8    4.6   -1.2
 Nondurable goods orders        253324  251751  250354      0.6    0.6    0.1
New orders, ex. defense         492961  493003  485507      0.0    1.5   -0.2
Nondefense capital goods         79201   81095   75540     -2.3    7.4   -3.7
 Excluding aircraft              69712   69747   69863     -0.1   -0.2    1.5
Defense                          14115   16508   11095    -14.5   48.8   -6.1
Total ex. def. & nondef air     487574  478919  477720      1.8    0.3    0.5
Total ex. defense,civ air       491730  484118  482153      1.6    0.4    0.4
Durables ex. defense,civ air    238406  232367  231799      2.6    0.2    0.8
Total ex. transportation        417903  416394  414532      0.4    0.4    0.1
Transportation                   97431   95580   84393      1.9   13.3   -3.6
Durables ex. transportation     164579  164643  164178      0.0    0.3    0.2
Inventories, total              680400  676738  676154      0.5    0.1    0.9
Shipments, total                509779  505207  501661      0.9    0.7    0.0
 Nondefense capital goods        79370   77376   75135      2.6    3.0   -4.0
 Excluding aircraft              68675   68724   68801     -0.1   -0.1    1.2
Unfilled orders, total         1186506 1176807 1166061      0.8    0.9    0.1
Inventory/Shipment Ratio         1.33    1.34    1.35      ---    ---    ---
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