(01-27-27) The U.S. Census Bureau announces the December advance report on durable goods manufacturers’ shipments, inventories and orders: New Orders – New orders for manufactured durable goods in December increased $0.4 billion or 0.2 percent to $245.3 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This increase, up eight consecutive months, followed a 1.2 percent November increase. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.7 percent. Excluding defense, new orders increased 0.5 percent. Machinery, also up eight consecutive months, drove the increase, $0.8 billion or 2.4 percent to $33.2 billion. Shipments – Shipments of manufactured durable goods in December, up seven of the last eight months, increased $3.5 billion or 1.4 percent to $253.8 billion. This followed a 0.4 percent November increase. Transportation equipment, also up seven of the last eight months, led the increase, $2.2 billion or 2.7 percent to $84.8 billion. Unfilled Orders – Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in December, down nine of the last ten months, decreased $3.2 billion or 0.3 percent to $1,070.4 billion. This followed a virtually unchanged November decrease. Transportation equipment, down ten consecutive months, drove the decrease, $6.8 billion or 0.9 percent to $706.3 billion. Inventories – Inventories of manufactured durable goods in December, down following three consecutive monthly increases, decreased $0.7 billion or 0.2 percent to $425.9 billion. This followed a 0.9 percent November increase. Transportation equipment, down following four consecutive monthly increases, drove the decrease, $2.8 billion or 1.8 percent to $148.0 billion. Capital Goods – Nondefense new orders for capital goods in December decreased $1.4 billion or 2.0 percent to $70.3 billion. Shipments increased $2.4 billion or 3.3 percent to $74.2 billion. Unfilled orders decreased $4.0 billion or 0.7 percent to $587.7 billion. Inventories decreased $1.7 billion or 0.9 percent to $194.4 billion. Defense new orders for capital goods in December decreased $0.7 billion or 5.3 percent to $11.8 billion. Shipments decreased $0.7 billion or 5.1 percent to $12.7 billion. Unfilled orders decreased $1.0 billion or 0.5 percent to $177.6 billion. Inventories increased less than $0.1 billion or 0.2 percent to $21.1 billion. Revised November Data – Revised seasonally adjusted November figures for all manufacturing industries were: new orders, $487.8 billion (revised from $487.2 billion); shipments, $493.1 billion (revised from $492.9 billion); unfilled orders, $1,073.6 billion (revised from $1,073.2 billion) and total inventories, $693.6 billion (revised from $692.9 billion).
Durable Goods – Shipments and New Orders (01-27-27)
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