New orders for manufactuared durable goods fall in Aug
26 Sep '07
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Inventories: Inventories of manufactured durable goods in August, down two of the last three months, decreased $0.3 billion or 0.1 percent to $312.6 billion. This followed a 0.1 percent July increase. Fabricated metal products, down three of the last four months, had the largest decrease, $0.1 billion or 0.2 percent to $41.4 billion.
Capital Goods: Nondefense new orders for capital goods in August decreased $10.2 billion or 12.6 percent to $70.9 billion. Shipments increased $0.5 billion or 0.7 percent to $66.9 billion. Unfilled orders increased $4.1 billion or 1.0 percent to $427.7 billion. Inventories increased $0.3 billion or 0.3 percent to $122.4 billion.
Defense new orders for capital goods in August increased $0.6 billion or 5.8 percent to $10.9 billion. Shipments decreased $0.3 billion or 3.0 percent to $8.4 billion. Unfilled orders increased $2.4 billion or 1.7 percent to $146.4 billion. Inventories decreased $0.2 billion or 0.9 percent to $16.8 billion.
Revised July Data: Revised seasonally adjusted July figures for all manufacturing industries were: new orders, $436.6 billion (revised from $436.7 billion); shipments, $425.9 billion (unchanged); unfilled orders, $754.7 billion (revised from $754.5 billion); and total inventories, $517.0 billion (revised from $517.3 billion).
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