New Orders Dipped, Shipments Increased in March
04/23/2010
Excluding transportation, however, new orders increased 2.8 percent. Excluding defense, new orders decreased 1.2 percent.
Transportation equipment, down two consecutive months, had the largest decrease, $5.9 billion or 12.9 percent to $40.2 billion. This was due to nondefense aircraft and parts that decreased $6.5 billion, according to the report.
Shipments of manufactured durable goods in March were up after two consecutive monthly decreases, with an increase of $2.2 billion or 1.2 percent to $182.2 billion.
Machinery, up two consecutive months, had the largest increase, $1.0 billion or 4.3 percent, hitting $24.0 billion.
Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods decreased $2.3 billion or 0.3 percent to $719.8 billion. This followed a 0.4 percent February increase.
Inventories of manufactured durable goods, up three consecutive months, increased $0.5 billion or 0.2 percent to $304.7 billion. This followed a 0.5 percent February increase.
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