April big-ticket durable goods orders slipped 4.8% or $10.5 billion
| New orders for manufactured durable goods in April decreased $10.5 billion or 4.8 percent to $210.2 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This decrease follows two consecutive monthly increases, which includes a 6.6 percent March increase. | |
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Shipments of manufactured durable goods in
April, down following two consecutive monthly increases, decreased $2.0
billion or 0.9 percent to $207.0 billion. This followed a 0.3 percent
March increase.
Inventories of manufactured durable goods in April, up three of the last four months, increased $2.2 billion or 0.8 percent to $277.8 billion. This followed a 1.0 percent March increase. Nondefense new orders for capital goods in April decreased $4.6 billion or 6.0 percent to $72.5 billion. Defense new orders for capital goods in April decreased $2.4 billion or 24.2 percent to $7.7 billion. |
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