“New orders for manufactured durable goods in September increased $2.0 billion or 0.8 percent to $262.1 billion,” the U.S. Census Bureau reported on Thursday.
Key takeaways from the press release
- This increase, up three of the last four months, followed a 4.6 percent August increase.
- Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.1 percent.
- Excluding defense, new orders decreased 0.6 percent.
- Shipments of manufactured durable goods in September, up four of the last five months, increased $3.3 billion or 1.3 percent to $256.8 billion.
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