New orders for US manufactured durable goods rose by 1.1 percent from a month earlier in April 2023, following an upwardly revised 3.3 percent growth in March and easily beating market expectations of a 1.0 percent decline. Demand for transport equipment was up 3.7 percent, as a sharp increase in demand for defense aircraft (32.7 percent) was enough to offset declines in orders for civilian aircraft (-8.3 percent) and vehicles (-0.1 percent). Meanwhile, demand was also up for machinery (1.0 percent), while decreases were reported for computers and electronic products (-1.4 percent), electrical equipment, appliances, and components (-1.0 percent), and primary metals (-0.5 percent). Orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, rose 1.4 percent in April, rebounding from a 0.6 percent drop the month before. source: U.S. Census Bureau

Durable Goods Orders in the United States averaged 0.34 percent from 1992 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 24.80 percent in July of 2014 and a record low of -19.90 percent in August of 2014. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Durable Goods Orders - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Durable Goods Orders - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2023.

Durable Goods Orders in the United States is expected to be -0.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations.

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United States Durable Goods Orders



Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2023-04-26 12:30 PM Mar 3.2% -1.2% 0.7% 0.6%
2023-05-26 12:30 PM Apr 1.1% 3.3% -1% -1.1%
2023-06-27 12:30 PM May 1.1% -0.4%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Durable Goods Orders 1.10 3.30 percent Apr 2023
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation -0.20 0.30 percent Apr 2023
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense -0.60 3.20 percent Apr 2023
Factory Orders Ex Transportation -0.20 -1.00 percent Apr 2023
Factory Orders 0.40 0.60 percent Apr 2023
New Orders 573809.00 571265.00 USD Million Mar 2023
Business Inventories -0.10 0.00 percent Mar 2023
Wholesale Inventories -0.10 -0.20 percent Apr 2023
Non Defense Capital Goods Orders Ex Aircraft 1.40 -0.60 percent Apr 2023
Retail Inventories Ex Autos -0.10 0.10 percent Apr 2023

United States Durable Goods Orders
Durable Goods Orders refer to new orders placed with manufacturers for delivery of hard goods which meant to last at least three years.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
1.10 3.30 24.80 -19.90 1992 - 2023 percent Monthly
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News Stream
US Durable Goods Orders Unexpectedly Rise
New orders for US manufactured durable goods rose by 1.1 percent from a month earlier in April 2023, following an upwardly revised 3.3 percent growth in March and easily beating market expectations of a 1.0 percent decline. Demand for transport equipment was up 3.7 percent, as a sharp increase in demand for defense aircraft (32.7 percent) was enough to offset declines in orders for civilian aircraft (-8.3 percent) and vehicles (-0.1 percent). Meanwhile, demand was also up for machinery (1.0 percent), while decreases were reported for computers and electronic products (-1.4 percent), electrical equipment, appliances, and components (-1.0 percent), and primary metals (-0.5 percent). Orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, rose 1.4 percent in April, rebounding from a 0.6 percent drop the month before.
2023-05-26
US Durable Goods Orders Rise More than Forecast
New orders for US manufactured durable goods rose by 3.2 percent from a month earlier in March 2023, recovering from a revised 1.2 percent decline in February and easily beating market expectations of a 0.7 percent growth. Demand for transportation equipment led the increase (9.1 percent) after two consecutive monthly falls, boosted by orders for both civilian (78.4 percent) and defense aircraft (10.4 percent). On the other hand, demand for vehicles was down by 0.1 percent. Meanwhile, demand was up for computers and electronic products (1.9 percent) and electrical equipment, appliances, and components (0.8 percent), but was little changed for machinery (0.1 percent), fabricated metal products (0.1 percent), and primary metals (0.1 percent). Orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, were down 0.4 percent in March, following a 0.7 percent drop the month before.
2023-04-26
US Durable Goods Orders Fall for 2nd Month
Durable goods orders in the US which measure the cost of orders received by manufacturers of goods meant to last at least three years, dropped 1% month-over-month in February of 2023, following an upwardly revised 5% plunge in January and compared to market forecasts of a 0.6% increase. Transportation equipment was the biggest drag, down 2.8%, namely nondefense aircraft and parts (-6.6%), defense aircraft and parts (-11.1%) while those for motor vehicles and parts went down 0.9%. Excluding transportation, new orders were virtually unchanged. Orders were also down for capital goods (-2.2%), namely nondefense ones (-1.2%), machinery (-0.5%) and computers and electronic products (-0.1%) but rose for fabricated metal products (0.4%) and primary metals (0.3%). Orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, increased 0.2%, after a 0.3% rise in January.
2023-03-24