US Data: Factory Orders - Summary>

Release for: May 2019

Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce

Data in millions of U.S. dollars, adjusted

                                                            % change

                                May-19  Apr-19  Mar-19   May-19 Apr-19 Mar-19

New orders, total               493569  497166  503295     -0.7   -1.2    1.3

  (previous)                                                      -0.8    1.3

 Durable goods orders           243498  246609  253834     -1.3   -2.8    1.7

  (previous)                                               -1.3   -2.8    1.7

 Nondurable goods orders        250071  250557  249461     -0.2    0.4    0.9

New orders, ex. defense         478190  479916  486704     -0.4   -1.4    0.5

Nondefense capital goods         70834   72419   77840     -2.2   -7.0    2.6

 Excluding aircraft              68992   68629   69396      0.5   -1.1    0.3

Defense                          13857   15035   14060     -7.8    6.9   32.7

Total ex. def. & nondef air     474374  474693  476979     -0.1   -0.5    0.5

Total ex. defense,civ air       477870  478341  480791     -0.1   -0.5    0.3

Durables ex. defense,civ air    227799  227784  231330      0.0   -1.5   -0.4

Total ex. transportation        413548  413305  412500      0.1    0.2    0.3

Transportation                   80021   83861   90795     -4.6   -7.6    6.0

Durables ex. transportation     163477  162748  163039      0.4   -0.2   -0.5

Inventories, total              694136  692729  691141      0.2    0.2    0.4

Shipments, total                504263  503881  506780      0.1   -0.6    0.2

 Nondefense capital goods        76088   75745   78288      0.5   -3.2   -0.9

 Excluding aircraft              70088   69640   69380      0.6    0.4   -0.6

Unfilled orders, total         1171050 1177382 1179904     -0.5   -0.2    0.1

Inventory/Shipment Ratio         1.38    1.37    1.36      ---    ---    ---

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

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