US Data: Factory Orders - Summary>

Release for:        March 2019

Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce

Data in millions of U.S. dollars, adjusted

                                                            % change

                                Mar-19  Feb-19  Jan-19   Mar-19 Feb-19 Jan-19

New orders, total               508192  498844  500122      1.9   -0.3    0.0

  (previous)                                                      -0.5    0.0

 Durable goods orders           257999  251416  254662      2.6   -1.3    0.1

  (previous)                                                2.7   -1.1    0.1

 Nondurable goods orders        250193  247428  245460      1.1    0.8   -0.1

New orders, ex. defense         491710  483692  486276      1.7   -0.5    0.1

Nondefense capital goods         80468   75526   79541      6.5   -5.0    1.5

 Excluding aircraft              69979   68988   68959      1.4    0.0    0.9

Defense                          13895   12973   12573      7.1    3.2   -1.8

Total ex. def. & nondef air     479852  474847  472768      1.1    0.4   -0.2

Total ex. defense,civ air       483808  479333  476967      0.9    0.5   -0.1

Durables ex. defense,civ air    233615  231905  231507      0.7    0.2    0.0

Total ex. transportation        414428  411190  409840      0.8    0.3   -0.1

Transportation                   93764   87654   90282      7.0   -2.9    0.4

Durables ex. transportation     164235  163762  164380      0.3   -0.4   -0.1

Inventories, total              690862  688056  685778      0.4    0.3    0.5

Shipments, total                509701  505976  503490      0.7    0.5   -0.3

 Nondefense capital goods        79199   79039   78471      0.2    0.7   -1.5

 Excluding aircraft              69803   69792   69591      0.0    0.3    1.0

Unfilled orders, total         1181211 1178477 1181219      0.2   -0.2    0.1

Inventory/Shipment Ratio         1.36    1.36    1.36      ---    ---    ---

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

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