New orders for manufactured durable goods increased 0.8 percent in September to $262.1 billion, following a 4.6 percent August increase, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Transportation equipment drove the increase, rising 1.9 percent to $97.4 billion over the month. New orders, excluding the transportation sector, rose 0.1 percent.
Excluding defense, new orders decreased 0.6 percent.
Shipments of manufactured durable goods increased 1.3 percent to $256.8 billion.
Inventories of manufactured durable goods increased 0.7 percent to $410.7 billion. This followed a 0.2 percent August decrease.
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