Advance Durable Goods Shipments, New Orders and Unfilled Orders
Economic Indicators - 17 April 2006
Definition: Data on shipments, new orders, and unfilled orders, expressed in current dollars, for things such as primary metals, fabricated metals, electric generating equipment, nonelectrical machinery, information processing equipment, and transportation equipment, including civilian and military aircraft and ships, light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks, and automobiles.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce; Bureau of the Census
Frequency: Monthly
Availability: Fourth week of the month for the immediately preceding month.
Reason: The data in this report provide information on the strength of demand, from both domestic and foreign sources, for U.S. manufactured durable goods. Rising orders, shipments, and unfilled orders suggest demand is strengthening, which will likely result in increasing production and employment, while falling orders, shipments, and unfilled orders suggest the opposite. Data in this release also provides information on the current and likely future pace of business investment in new equipment.
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Source: newyorkfed.org |
