Prior month +0.1%

  • prior report
  • durable goods orders -1.6% versus -1.6% preliminary
  • factory orders ex transportation 0.3% versus -0.1% last month (revised from -0.2%)
  • durable goods ex transportation -0.1% versus +0.1% preliminary
  • capital goods orders nondefense ex-air -0.1% versus -0.1% preliminary
  • capital goods shipments nondefense ex-air -0.1% versus 0.0% preliminary
  • inventories rise 0.3%
  • shipments up 0.4%
  • inventory shipments 1.36 versus 1.36 last month

Looking at the trends in Factory Orders, in December there was a small 0.1% increase, but has been 0.0 or negative (-2.1% was the low point) since October.

Factory orders have been 0.1% or below since October.