New orders for manufactured durable goods in June, up four consecutive months, 4.7% to $302.5 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This followed a 2.0% May increase. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.6%. Excluding defense, new orders increased 6.2%. Transportation equipment, also up four consecutive months, drove the increase, 12.1% to $115.3billion.
Shipments of manufactured durable goods in June, up three of the last four months, increased 0.3% to $284.2 billion. This followed a 2.0% May increase.
Inventories of manufactured durable goods in June, up six of the last seven months, or 0.1% to $523.3 billion. This followed a 0.2% May increase.
Read the Census release.