Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Durable Goods: New Orders Down 6.2%

Census:

New orders for manufactured durable goods in October decreased $12.7 billion or 6.2 percent to $193.0 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This was the largest percent decrease in new orders since October 2006 and followed two consecutive monthly decreases including a 0.2 percent September decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders decreased 4.4 percent. Excluding defense, new orders decreased 4.6 percent.

2 comments:

  1. "New orders decreased 6.2 percent ... Excluding defense, new orders decreased 4.6 percent."

    Huh?

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  2. jon- thanks for the catch. i pulled the wrong data points into the chart.

    enjoy the holiday.

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