New Orders in Durable Goods, advance report, dropped -4.0% for January 2012. December durable goods new orders jumped by 3.2%, revised. While some will blame a business tax credit expiration, this report is across the board bad news.
New Orders in Durable Goods, advance report, increased +3.0% for December 2011. November durable goods new orders jumped by 4.3% and October was a 0.1% increase. This means for all of Q4, we have an increase in durable goods new orders.
New Orders in Durable Goods decreased -0.7% for October 2011. New Orders has declined the last two months and August was barely breathin'. September durable goods were revised dramatically downward and new orders decreased -1.5%.
New Orders in Durable Goods decreased -0.1% for August 2011. New Orders has declined the last three months out of five. July durable goods new orders were revised from +4.0% to +4.1% increase.
The July 2011 U.S. trade deficit decreased $6.8 billion to $44.8 billion. This is a 13.11% monthly decrease in the trade deficit. Exports increased by $6.2 billion, or 3.61%, while imports decreased $0.5 billion, or 0.22%. China imports, not seasonally adjusted, increased 1.12% in July, creating a $27 billion trade deficit with China.
The Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders for July 2011 was released today. New orders overall increased 2.4%. Removing transportation (which includes aircraft) from the numbers, new orders increased 0.9%, so things aren't as good as they seem. Air-o-plane new orders, not defense, shot up 43.4%.
New Orders in Durable Goods jumped to an astounding 4.0% for July 2011. New Orders has declined the last two months out of four. June durable goods new orders were revised from -2.1% to a -1.3% decrease. But wait.....sorry to pop your balloon....
The June 2011 U.S. trade deficit increased $2.3 billion to -$53.1 billion. This is a 4.4% monthly increase in the trade deficit. Both imports and exports decreased, showing a slowing of global trade. The trade deficit wasn't this big since October 2008. Exports decreased -$4.1 billion, or -2.34% from last month while imports decreased -$1.9 billion, or 0.83%.
New Orders in Durable Goods decreased -2.1% for June 2011. New Orders has declined the last two months out of three.
Core capital goods new orders decreased -0.4%, after gaining 1.7% last month. Core capital goods is an investment gauge for the bet the private sector is placing on America's future economic growth.
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