US Data: Factory Orders - Summary>

Release for:        October 2018

Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce

Data in millions of U.S. dollars, adjusted

                                                            % change

                                Oct-18  Sep-18  Aug-18   Oct-18 Sep-18 Aug-18

New orders, total               502677  513217  511974     -2.1    0.2    2.6

  (previous)                                                       0.7    2.6

 Durable goods orders           248962  260178  260223     -4.3    0.0    4.7

  (previous)                                               -4.4   -0.1    4.7

 Nondurable goods orders        253715  253039  251751      0.3    0.5    0.6

New orders, ex. defense         489180  491172  493003     -0.4   -0.4    1.5

Nondefense capital goods         75259   78513   81095     -4.1   -3.2    7.4

 Excluding aircraft              69331   69346   69747      0.0   -0.6   -0.2

Defense                          11558   13826   16508    -16.4  -16.2   48.8

Total ex. def. & nondef air     480703  486000  478919     -1.1    1.5    0.3

Total ex. defense,civ air       485191  490224  484118     -1.0    1.3    0.4

Durables ex. defense,civ air    231476  237185  232367     -2.4    2.1    0.2

Total ex. transportation        417835  416780  416394      0.3    0.1    0.4

Transportation                   84842   96437   95580    -12.0    0.9   13.3

Durables ex. transportation     164120  163741  164643      0.2   -0.5    0.3

Inventories, total              681689  680834  676738      0.1    0.6    0.1

Shipments, total                508363  508879  505207     -0.1    0.7    0.7

 Nondefense capital goods        77242   79206   77376     -2.5    2.4    3.0

 Excluding aircraft              68684   68491   68724      0.3   -0.3   -0.1

Unfilled orders, total         1183576 1185282 1176807     -0.1    0.7    0.9

Inventory/Shipment Ratio         1.34    1.34    1.34      ---    ---    ---

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

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