New orders for manufactured durable goods decreased 0.7% in April to $231.2 billion, following a 2.3% March increase, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New orders excluding defense fell 0.8% on the month, as orders of nondefense capital goods decreased 1.9% to $70.4 billion. Shipments of manufactured durable goods decreased 0.3% to $233.0 billion. Inventories

New orders for manufactured durable goods increased 0.7% in March to $238.7 billion, following a 2.3% February increase, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New orders excluding defense rose 0.1% on the month, as orders of nondefense capital goods increased 1.2% to $75.0 billion. Shipments of manufactured durable goods increased 0.2% to $239.8 billion. Inventories

New orders for manufactured durable goods increased 1.7% in February to $235.4 billion, following a 2.3% January increase, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New orders excluding defense rose 2.1% on the month, as orders of nondefense capital goods increased 4.1% to $72.9 billion. Shipments of manufactured durable goods increased 0.3% to $239.2 billion. Inventories

New orders for manufactured durable goods increased 1.8% in January to $230.4 billion, following a 0.8% December decrease, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New orders excluding defense rose 1.5% on the month, as orders of nondefense capital goods increased 3.6% to $69.0 billion. Shipments of manufactured durable goods decreased 0.1% to $238.3 billion. Inventories

New orders for manufactured durable goods decreased 0.4% in December to $227.0 billion, following a 4.8% November decrease, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New orders excluding defense rose 1.7% on the month, as orders of nondefense capital goods increased 3.8% to $66.6 billion. Shipments of manufactured durable goods, up three of the last four

New orders for manufactured durable goods decreased 4.6% in November to $228.2 billion, following four consecutive monthly increases, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New orders excluding defense fell 6.6% on the month, as orders of nondefense capital goods decreased 19.5% to $64.4 billion. Shipments of manufactured durable goods, up two of the last three

New orders for manufactured durable goods rose 4.8% in October, following a 0.4% increase in September, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New orders excluding defense increased 5.2% on the month, as orders of nondefense capital goods rose 14.5% to $80.1 billion. Shipments of manufactured durable goods, up four of the last five months, rose

New orders for manufactured durable goods were virtually unchanged in August, following a 3.6% increase in July, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New orders excluding defense decreased 1.0% on the month, as orders of nondefense capital goods fell 4.4% to $65.0 billion. Shipments of manufactured durable goods fell 0.4% to $231.7 billion, after being

New orders for manufactured durable goods rose 4.4% to $228.9 billion in July, following a 4.2% decrease in June, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Orders for transportation equipment drove the increase, rising 10.5% to $78.9 billion. New orders excluding defense increased 3.8% on the month, as orders of nondefense capital goods rose 10.2% to

New orders for manufactured durable goods fell 4.0 percent to $219.8 billion in June, following a 2.8 percent May decrease according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New transportation orders drove the decrease, falling 10.5 percent to $72.2 billion. Excluding transportation, new orders fell 0.5 percent. New orders excluding defense fell 3.9 percent on the month,