The U.S. Census Bureau announces the August advance report on durable goods manufacturers’ shipments, inventories and orders: New Orders – New orders for manufactured durable goods in August, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $8.9 billion or 2.9 percent to $312.1 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This followed a 2.7 percent July decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.4 percent. Excluding defense, new orders increased 1.9 percent. Transportation equipment, also up following two consecutive monthly decreases, led the increase, $8.1 billion or 7.9 percent to $110.2 billion. Shipments – Shipments of manufactured durable goods in August, down following eight consecutive monthly increases, decreased $0.5 billion or 0.2 percent to $307.5 billion. This followed a 1.6 percent July increase. Transportation equipment, down following four consecutive monthly increases, led the decrease, $0.3 billion or 0.3 percent to $102.0 billion. Unfilled Orders – Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in August, up thirteen of the last fourteen months, increased $9.6 billion or 0.7 percent to $1,479.0 billion. This followed a virtually unchanged July increase. Transportation equipment, up five of the last six months, led the increase, $8.2 billion or 0.9 percent to $919.1 billion. Inventories – Inventories of manufactured durable goods in August, down following ten consecutive monthly increases, decreased $0.1 billion or virtually unchanged to $590.8 billion. This followed a 0.3 percent July increase. Transportation equipment, down two of the last three months, drove the decrease, $0.6 billion or 0.3 percent to $188.2 billion. Capital Goods – Nondefense new orders for capital goods in August increased $4.6 billion or 5.1 percent to $95.0 billion. Shipments decreased $0.7 billion or 0.8 percent to $89.2 billion. Unfilled orders increased $5.8 billion or 0.7 percent to $877.0 billion. Inventories decreased $0.7 billion or 0.3 percent to $249.2 billion. Defense new orders for capital goods in August increased $0.5 billion or 3.5 percent to $15.8 billion. Shipments increased less than $0.1 billion or 0.3 percent to $15.5 billion. Unfilled orders increased $0.3 billion or 0.2 percent to $205.4 billion. Inventories decreased $0.2 billion or 0.6 percent to $26.8 billion. Revised July Data – Revised seasonally adjusted July figures for all manufacturing industries were: new orders, $603.8 billion (revised from $603.6 billion); shipments, $608.6 billion (revised from $608.3 billion); unfilled orders, $1,469.4 billion (revised from $1,469.6 billion) and total inventories, $948.3 billion (revised from $948.8billion).
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