Manufacturers' orders for durable goods increased by 1.8% last month to a seasonally adjusted $163.92 billion, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
Wall Street expected a big decrease. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had projected orders in May would fall 0.8%.
Durable goods less aircraft was flat to April, still above expectations.
Source: Census
WSJ reports: "Orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft rose by 4.8%, after decreasing 2.9% in April."
ReplyDeleteWhy the comment "Durable goods less aircraft was flat to April, still above expectations" ?
Is one statement in reference to month-over-month, and the other y-o-y?
I wonder who was the big orderer of aircraft that skewed the numbers so much?
ReplyDeleteMy guess is the US Government.
Jake - I have DG and xAC both down YoY by ~25%. 3rd derivative may be zeroing out but 2nd is still negative !
ReplyDeleteAnon- NON-DEFENSE capital goods excluding aircraft rose 4.8%, but OVERALL durable goods were flat after removing aircraft. The difference is defense and non-capital goods.
ReplyDeleteThe Capital Goods Industries include Nondefense : small arms and ordnance; farm machinery and equipment; construction machinery; mining, oil, and gas field machinery; industrial machinery; vending.
dblwyo- how's the 5th derivative looking?
Jake said, "The Capital Goods Industries include Nondefense : small arms and ordnance; farm machinery and equipment; construction machinery; mining, oil, and gas field machinery; industrial machinery; vending."
ReplyDeleteSo, which of the industries you listed is buying aircraft? Crop dusters? Is there a need for aircraft in the mining business? And, I am pretty confident that with airlines hurting as bad as they are, they certainly are cancelling orders, not ordering more.
What am I missing here?
Mike
More aircrafts means more jobs
ReplyDeleteNew Creature... aircraft is not included int the capital goods section, thus not a part of those industries (I was just trying to explain to Anon how our #'s were different).
ReplyDeleteThere have actually been quite a few orders for aircraft for commercial use in recent months. Here is just one recent example: http://tinyurl.com/nyloo9
Whether they ever get delivered is another story.