Durable goods orders for the month of March 2024 • Prior month 1.3% (revised). Revised even lower to 0.7% • nondefense capital goods orders ex air 0.2% vs 0.2% expected. • Prior nondefense capital goods orders ex-air 0.7% revised to 0.4% • Ex transportation 0.2% versus 0.3% expected. Prior month revised to 0.1% from 0.3% • Ex-Defense 2.3% versus 1.5% (revised from 2.1%). Shipments • Shipments of manufactured durable goods in March decreased slightly by $0.1 billion, remaining virtually unchanged at $282.4 billion. • This minor decrease follows a 1.2% increase in February. • Transportation equipment shipments ... (full story)

The number of durable goods orders in the United States went up by 2.6% or $7.3 billion in March, landing at $283.4 billion, a report published by the United States Census Bureau on Wednesday showed. Transportation equipment led the upbeat trend, jumping 7.7% or $6.8 billion in comparison to the previous month, coming in at $95.9 billion. Excluding transportation, new orders grew 0.2% in the reported month. In addition, shipments of manufactured durable goods were unchanged from the month before to stand at $282.4 billion. Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods advanced by 0.4% or $5.9 billion to $1.40 ... (full story)