Statistics for Managers: • U.S. Durable Goods Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders

New orders for manufactured durable goods in November increased $1.6 billion or 0.7 percent to $220.9 billion. This increase, up six of the last seven months, followed a 1.1 percent October increase.

Excluding transportation, new orders increased 1.6 percent. Excluding defense, new orders increased 0.8 percent.