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.