Durable Goods Orders Drop by More Than 1 Percent
06/24/2010
Transportation equipment suffered the biggest decrease of $3.5 billion, or 6.9 percent. Non-defense aircraft and parts also showed a steep decline of $3 billion.
Unfilled orders grew by $1.4 billion in May, or 0.2 percent, to nearly $803 billion. Machinery had the biggest increase of $1.5 billion, or 1.7 percent, to $93.1 billion. That sector has risen for six of the last seven months.
Manufactured durable goods inventories rose by $2.5 billion, or 0.8 percent, to just over $304 billion. It increased by 0.8 percent in April. Primary metals saw the biggest inventory increase of nearly $1 billion, or 3 percent, to $30.7 billion.
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