Seasonally adjusted data in millions of dollars. R denotes revised.
(NAIC Historic Time Series). Source: U.S. Commerce Department.
-NEW ORDERS- -SHIPMENTS- -UNFILLED ORDERS-
Mo Ago Yr A Mo Ago Yr Ag Mo Ago Yr Ago
Level % chg % chg: Level % chg % chg: Level % chg % chg
Dec 14 230,525 -3.4 1.4: 246,771 1.1 5.7: 1,167,591 -0.8 10.2
Nov 14 238,661 -2.1 -0.6: 244,191 -0.7 2.8: 1,176,487 0.2 11.2
Oct 14 243,821 0.3 4.4: 246,032 -0.1 5.0: 1,174,608 0.5 12.1
Sep 14 243,200 -0.7 3.4: 246,379 0.3 5.8: 1,169,273 0.4 12.2
Aug 14 245,001 -18.3 8.6: 245,532 -1.7 6.0: 1,164,929 0.6 12.8
Jul 14 299,862 22.5 33.5: 249,815 3.7 8.9: 1,157,460 5.3 12.2
Jun 14 244,841 2.7 0.2: 240,950 1.2 4.9: 1,099,238 1.0 6.7
May 14 238,337 -0.9 1.4: 238,102 0.0 3.6: 1,088,072 0.7 7.9
Apr 14 240,481 0.9 7.8: 238,106 0.1 4.9: 1,080,702 0.9 8.4
Mar 14 238,420 3.7 10.7: 237,969 1.4 4.2: 1,070,727 0.8 7.8
Feb 14 229,864 2.5 0.5: 234,785 1.3 3.8: 1,062,544 0.3 6.4
Jan 14 224,229 -1.4 2.0: 231,866 -0.6 2.0: 1,059,604 0.0 7.0
Dec 13 227,318 -5.3 -0.5: 233,355 -1.7 2.0: 1,059,524 0.2 6.9
Nov 13 239,981 2.7 8.8: 237,475 1.4 4.4: 1,057,827 0.9 7.5
Oct 13 233,565 -0.7 6.6: 234,238 0.6 4.8: 1,048,037 0.6 6.6
Sep 13 235,179 4.2 8.4: 232,854 0.5 4.2: 1,042,079 0.9 6.3
Aug 13 225,686 0.5 13.6: 231,596 1.0 4.1: 1,032,915 0.1 5.5
Jul 13 224,620 -8.1 -1.7: 229,401 -0.1 0.2: 1,031,955 0.2 3.6
Jun 13 244,351 3.9 10.4: 229,600 -0.1 2.0: 1,029,877 2.1 4.2
May 13 235,162 5.5 7.9: 229,878 1.3 2.1: 1,008,418 1.2 2.4
Apr 13 223,003 3.5 3.9: 226,915 -0.6 2.0: 996,628 0.3 1.2
Mar 13 215,407 -5.9 0.1: 228,372 0.9 3.3: 993,483 -0.5 0.7
Feb 13 228,834 4.1 2.4: 226,278 -0.5 3.3: 998,960 0.9 1.3
Jan 13 219,880 -3.7 0.4: 227,351 -0.7 3.3: 990,391 0.0 1.6
Dec 12 228,445 3.6 6.3: 228,867 0.6 10.5: 990,856 0.7 8.6
Nov 12 220,556 0.6 6.0: 227,497 1.8 12.0: 983,846 0.0 9.5
Oct 12 219,202 1.1 9.8: 223,498 0.0 9.8: 983,406 0.3 10.8
Sep 12 216,865 9.2 8.7: 223,480 0.5 11.4: 980,124 0.1 10.9
Aug 12 198,603 -13.1 -1.8: 222,397 -2.9 10.4: 979,304 -1.7 11.4
Jul 12 228,588 3.3 13.1: 229,046 1.8 13.7: 995,852 0.7 14.3
Jun 12 221,368 1.6 14.1: 225,011 0.0 14.1: 988,660 0.4 14.5
May 12 217,864 1.5 11.0: 225,096 1.1 15.4: 984,643 0.0 14.4
Apr 12 214,666 -0.3 11.6: 222,574 0.7 14.7: 984,750 -0.1 15.4
Mar 12 215,281 -3.7 9.1: 221,050 0.9 12.3: 986,186 0.0 16.3
Feb 12 223,578 2.0 18.5: 219,081 -0.5 14.7: 985,934 1.1 17.1
Jan 12 219,106 1.9 8.5: 220,130 6.2 8.7: 974,867 6.8 17.3
Dec 11 214,960 3.3 10.4: 207,200 2.0 2.5: 912,507 1.5 10.6
Nov 11 208,012 4.2 6.1: 203,104 -0.2 2.8: 898,844 1.3 8.8
Oct 11 199,627 0.1 1.7: 203,613 1.5 3.6: 887,233 0.4 7.9
Sep 11 199,462 -1.4 -1.5: 200,700 -0.4 1.1: 884,132 0.6 8.3
Aug 11 202,215 0.1 4.7: 201,505 0.1 1.6: 878,731 0.9 9.1
Jul 11 202,079 4.2 3.8: 201,376 2.1 0.1: 871,117 0.9 8.3
Jun 11 193,953 -1.1 0.8: 197,263 1.1 0.6: 863,541 0.3 7.4
May 11 196,209 2.0 1.9: 195,099 0.5 -0.4: 860,748 0.9 7.2
Apr 11 192,350 -2.5 -0.9: 194,103 -1.4 -1.5: 853,164 0.6 6.5
Mar 11 197,329 4.6 4.7: 196,879 3.1 1.8: 848,202 0.7 6.3
Feb 11 188,693 -6.6 0.2: 190,921 -5.7 0.8: 842,152 1.3 5.5
Jan 11 202,018 3.7 5.1: 202,461 0.2 12.0: 830,973 0.8 15.6
Dec 10 194,792 -0.6 14.2: 202,140 2.3 11.7: 824,758 -0.2 14.9
Nov 10 196,053 -0.1 17.1: 197,633 0.5 11.8: 826,383 0.5 14.1
Oct 10 196,225 -3.1 16.7: 196,626 -0.9 12.1: 822,064 0.7 12.7
Sep 10 202,576 4.9 20.9: 198,431 0.0 13.4: 816,371 1.3 11.5
Aug 10 193,199 -0.8 17.8: 198,420 -1.3 15.8: 805,524 0.2 9.4
Jul 10 194,700 1.2 15.5: 201,103 2.5 15.1: 804,173 0.0 8.7
Jun 10 192,327 -0.2 19.7: 196,120 0.2 15.5: 803,897 0.1 8.5
May 10 192,620 -0.7 18.4: 195,799 -0.7 16.2: 803,078 0.3 7.5
Apr 10 194,021 2.9 20.9: 197,099 2.0 13.8: 800,948 0.4 6.9
Mar 10 188,530 0.1 19.1: 193,305 2.1 10.8: 797,869 -0.1 5.3
Feb 10 188,346 -2.0 16.4: 189,328 4.7 6.5: 798,552 11.1 3.6
Jan 10 192,141 12.7 20.7: 180,817 -0.1 0.8: 718,960 0.2 -8.3
Dec 09 170,500 1.8 -1.3: 180,942 2.4 -4.7: 717,672 -0.9 -10.3
Nov 09 167,412 -0.4 -7.5: 176,772 0.8 -8.3: 724,054 -0.7 -10.9
Oct 09 168,098 0.3 -10.8: 175,345 0.2 -12.8: 729,336 -0.4 -11.1
Sep 09 167,590 2.2 -18.7: 175,030 2.2 -15.9: 732,047 -0.6 -11.6
Aug 09 163,966 -2.7 -20.4: 171,341 -1.9 -17.8: 736,634 -0.4 -10.9
Jul 09 168,512 4.9 -22.8: 174,744 2.9 -19.7: 739,922 -0.1 -10.2
Jun 09 160,621 -1.3 -25.9: 169,836 0.8 -20.2: 740,685 -0.8 -9.5
May 09 162,674 1.3 -23.9: 168,483 -2.7 -20.2: 746,744 -0.3 -7.8
Apr 09 160,510 1.4 -24.8: 173,180 -0.7 -18.9: 749,081 -1.1 -6.7
Mar 09 158,279 -2.2 -26.6: 174,417 -1.9 -16.9: 757,692 -1.7 -4.9
Feb 09 161,812 1.6 -25.1: 177,831 -0.9 -16.0: 770,939 -1.7 -2.0
Jan 09 159,187 -7.8 -25.5: 179,433 -5.5 -16.9: 783,955 -2.0 0.8
Dec 08 172,741 -4.6 -22.9: 189,910 -1.5 -10.1: 800,360 -1.5 3.5
Nov 08 181,047 -4.0 -15.9: 192,772 -4.2 -9.5: 812,879 -0.9 7.6
Oct 08 188,534 -8.5 -12.7: 201,119 -3.4 -5.7: 820,672 -0.9 9.7
Sep 08 206,034 0.0 -4.4: 208,240 0.0 -2.0: 828,225 0.2 11.8
Aug 08 206,084 -5.5 -5.8: 208,339 -4.2 -3.5: 826,529 0.3 12.8
Jul 08 218,163 0.7 -4.9: 217,549 2.2 -0.7: 824,232 0.8 13.7
Jun 08 216,650 1.4 -0.5: 212,947 0.9 -0.2: 818,023 1.0 15.4
May 08 213,671 0.1 -1.5: 211,049 -1.2 -2.3: 810,293 0.9 15.8
Apr 08 213,475 -1.0 -3.8: 213,591 1.8 -1.0: 802,972 0.7 15.8
Mar 08 215,616 -0.2 -0.8: 209,778 -0.9 -1.3: 797,114 1.3 17.1
Feb 08 216,101 1.1 1.7: 211,772 -1.9 0.3: 786,860 1.2 17.3
Jan 08 213,689 -4.7 2.9: 215,917 2.2 2.6: 777,859 0.6 17.1
Dec 07 224,128 4.1 2.6: 211,274 -0.8 -2.4: 773,297 2.3 17.1
Nov 07 215,203 -0.3 -0.8: 212,950 -0.1 0.4: 755,712 1.0 15.6
Oct 07 215,871 0.1 2.2: 213,240 0.4 0.9: 748,304 1.0 16.3
Sep 07 215,627 -1.5 -6.4: 212,453 -1.6 0.2: 740,534 1.0 16.2
Aug 07 218,879 -4.6 4.9: 215,802 -1.5 0.3: 732,889 1.1 19.5
Jul 07 229,500 5.4 8.4: 219,187 2.7 4.2: 724,733 2.2 18.0
Jun 07 217,831 0.4 -0.6: 213,400 -1.2 -1.2: 708,841 1.3 16.8
May 07 216,875 -2.3 1.9: 216,056 0.1 0.1: 699,668 0.9 17.0
Apr 07 221,916 2.1 4.2: 215,748 1.5 2.3: 693,329 1.9 16.5
Mar 07 217,341 2.3 -1.9: 212,648 0.7 -0.8: 680,483 1.4 15.8
Feb 07 212,558 2.3 -0.4: 211,161 0.3 -1.6: 670,877 1.0 16.8
Jan 07 207,711 -4.9 3.2: 210,501 -2.7 -0.4: 664,272 0.6 16.9
Dec 06 218,408 0.7 0.5: 216,381 2.0 0.7: 660,406 1.0 15.3
Nov 06 216,994 2.7 -1.0: 212,101 0.4 1.6: 653,650 1.6 16.0
Oct 06 211,191 -8.3 0.7: 211,305 -0.4 1.7: 643,221 1.0 17.6
Sep 06 230,267 10.3 13.1: 212,088 -1.4 3.2: 637,063 3.9 18.2
Aug 06 208,706 -1.4 2.9: 215,189 2.3 6.8: 613,391 -0.1 14.8
Jul 06 211,718 -3.4 7.9: 210,431 -2.6 6.6: 614,072 1.1 16.6
Jun 06 219,111 3.0 5.2: 216,094 0.1 8.2: 607,100 1.5 16.4
May 06 212,794 0.0 4.2: 215,811 2.3 8.7: 598,148 0.5 18.0
Apr 06 212,874 -3.9 11.1: 210,903 -1.6 6.3: 595,079 1.2 20.2
Mar 06 221,469 3.8 16.9: 214,350 -0.1 8.4: 587,745 2.3 18.6
Feb 06 213,446 6.0 10.0: 214,614 1.5 9.0: 574,322 1.1 15.3
Jan 06 201,313 -7.4 6.0: 211,448 -1.6 6.8: 568,234 -0.8 14.9
Dec 05 217,368 -0.9 14.8: 214,897 2.9 9.6: 572,835 1.6 15.4
Nov 05 219,286 4.5 14.7: 208,819 0.5 8.5: 563,554 3.0 13.4
Oct 05 209,777 3.0 14.4: 207,681 1.1 8.9: 546,980 1.5 11.2
Sep 05 203,641 0.4 9.3: 205,517 2.0 7.6: 539,073 0.9 9.3
Aug 05 202,810 3.3 11.2: 201,473 2.1 6.3: 534,449 1.5 8.7
Jul 05 196,299 -5.8 6.1: 197,377 -1.1 6.2: 526,765 1.0 6.9
Jun 05 208,316 2.0 13.9: 199,658 0.6 6.6: 521,648 2.9 7.0
May 05 204,305 6.6 13.0: 198,501 0.1 7.3: 506,868 2.4 4.3
Apr 05 191,601 1.2 5.2: 198,378 0.3 6.2: 494,901 -0.1 2.3
Mar 05 189,372 -2.4 0.1: 197,830 0.5 4.2: 495,425 -0.5 2.7
Feb 05 194,011 2.1 9.5: 196,877 -0.6 8.4: 497,952 0.6 4.3
Jan 05 190,007 0.3 10.5: 198,031 1.0 10.5: 494,758 -0.3 4.0
Dec 04 189,393 -1.0 5.3: 196,156 1.9 7.8: 496,343 -0.1 3.9
Nov 04 191,263 4.3 5.6: 192,470 0.9 5.2: 496,962 1.0 4.8
Oct 04 183,352 -1.6 0.2: 190,679 -0.2 4.4: 492,038 -0.2 4.7
Sep 04 186,275 2.1 5.1: 190,998 0.8 4.7: 493,244 0.3 6.2
Aug 04 182,397 -1.4 6.3: 189,453 2.0 8.1: 491,893 -0.2 6.0
Jul 04 185,009 1.1 6.5: 185,776 -0.8 3.4: 492,742 1.1 6.8
Jun 04 182,915 1.1 6.0: 187,221 1.2 5.6: 487,465 0.3 5.3
May 04 180,856 -0.7 5.9: 185,081 -0.9 5.4: 485,770 0.4 5.2
Apr 04 182,206 -3.7 7.0: 186,733 -1.7 6.6: 483,837 0.3 4.9
Mar 04 189,140 6.7 10.3: 189,931 4.5 7.1: 482,462 1.1 4.7
Feb 04 177,185 3.0 2.4: 181,691 1.4 2.7: 477,280 0.3 3.6
Jan 04 171,979 -4.4 2.8: 179,198 -1.5 2.0: 475,897 -0.4 3.7
Dec 03 179,903 -0.6 11.1: 181,923 -0.6 6.1: 477,608 0.8 3.4
Nov 03 181,044 -1.0 7.5: 182,957 0.2 2.9: 474,027 0.8 1.5
Oct 03 182,956 3.2 9.2: 182,666 0.1 2.3: 470,141 1.3 -0.3
Sep 03 177,317 3.4 7.1: 182,472 4.2 2.5: 464,236 0.1 -2.8
Aug 03 171,555 -1.2 -2.1: 175,177 -2.5 -2.4: 463,833 0.5 -4.3
Jul 03 173,668 0.7 0.3: 179,709 1.4 0.7: 461,536 -0.3 -4.6
Jun 03 172,496 1.0 5.4: 177,267 0.9 -0.4: 462,950 0.2 -4.4
May 03 170,715 0.2 -0.4: 175,625 0.3 -2.3: 461,881 0.1 -6.4
Apr 03 170,300 -0.7 1.6: 175,170 -1.2 -1.4: 461,257 0.1 -7.2
Mar 03 171,551 -0.9 2.1: 177,281 0.2 0.5: 460,615 0.0 -8.2
Feb 03 173,082 3.5 1.9: 176,995 0.8 1.0: 460,642 0.4 -8.7
Jan 03 167,216 3.3 4.3: 175,617 2.5 0.3: 458,965 -0.7 -9.0
Dec 02 161,924 -3.8 -2.6: 171,414 -3.6 -2.5: 462,122 -1.0 -10.2
Nov 02 168,401 0.5 2.7: 177,860 -0.4 2.4: 466,839 -1.0 -10.1
Oct 02 167,496 1.2 -2.7: 178,503 0.3 2.8: 471,373 -1.3 -10.1
Sep 02 165,542 -5.6 1.4: 177,950 -0.9 2.6: 477,547 -1.5 -8.4
Aug 02 175,306 1.3 2.5: 179,555 0.6 0.1: 484,740 0.2 -8.0
Jul 02 173,096 5.8 1.4: 178,521 0.3 -0.5: 483,995 -0.1 -8.9
Jun 02 163,613 -4.5 -7.1: 178,042 -1.0 -2.9: 484,452 -1.8 -9.5
May 02 171,362 2.3 -4.7: 179,844 1.2 -3.9: 493,400 -0.7 -8.1
Apr 02 167,546 -0.3 -2.8: 177,646 0.7 -1.9: 496,790 -0.9 -7.9
Mar 02 168,031 -1.0 -7.7: 176,440 0.7 -6.2: 501,523 -0.6 -7.5
Feb 02 169,784 6.0 -5.9: 175,265 0.1 -8.5: 504,319 -0.1 -6.9
Jan 02 160,246 -3.6 -10.1: 175,111 -0.4 -7.1: 504,633 -1.9 -7.6
Dec 01 166,190 1.3 -11.4: 175,826 1.2 -9.9: 514,349 -0.9 -6.4
Nov 01 163,979 -4.7 -13.5: 173,675 0.0 -9.8: 519,174 -1.0 -5.3
Oct 01 172,110 5.4 -7.4: 173,692 0.1 -11.2: 524,522 0.6 -3.6
Sep 01 163,249 -4.6 -17.8: 173,482 -3.3 -13.6: 521,595 -1.0 -4.4
Aug 01 171,084 0.2 -9.7: 179,443 0.1 -8.1: 526,959 -0.8 -2.4
Jul 01 170,706 -3.1 -10.0: 179,337 -2.2 -9.1: 531,190 -0.7 -1.3
Jun 01 176,199 -2.0 -20.1: 183,438 -2.0 -8.5: 535,029 -0.4 -0.5
May 01 179,854 4.3 -5.1: 187,094 3.3 -5.9: 536,957 -0.4 5.3
Apr 01 172,410 -5.3 -11.7: 181,063 -3.7 -10.5: 539,206 -0.5 5.4
Mar 01 182,072 0.9 -4.6: 188,018 -1.8 -4.1: 542,185 0.1 6.0
Feb 01 180,462 1.2 -2.1: 191,446 1.6 -0.5: 541,701 -0.8 6.3
Jan 01 178,257 -5.0 -11.6: 188,422 -3.4 -7.2: 546,064 -0.6 6.9
Dec 00 187,552 -1.0 -4.5: 195,081 1.3 -0.7: 549,445 0.2 8.7
Nov 00 189,465 1.9 1.4: 192,532 -1.5 -1.7: 548,222 0.8 10.1
Oct 00 185,847 -6.5 -3.8: 195,538 -2.6 -0.2: 543,945 -0.4 8.9
Sep 00 198,700 4.9 4.9: 200,846 2.9 3.4: 545,860 1.1 10.2
Aug 00 189,483 -0.1 -0.3: 195,267 -1.0 -1.0: 539,927 0.3 9.5
Jul 00 189,644 -14.0 0.4: 197,280 -1.6 2.0: 538,130 0.1 9.0
Jun 00 220,416 16.3 20.3: 200,428 0.9 4.0: 537,691 5.5 9.6
May 00 189,494 -2.9 1.8: 198,721 -1.8 1.8: 509,821 -0.3 3.3
Apr 00 195,149 2.2 7.4: 202,278 3.2 5.8: 511,526 0.0 3.2
Mar 00 190,938 3.5 2.8: 196,049 1.9 2.5: 511,341 0.3 2.7
Feb 00 184,403 -8.5 -0.9: 192,411 -5.3 -0.6: 509,605 -0.2 2.5
Jan 00 201,547 2.6 8.5: 203,127 3.4 6.4: 510,755 1.0 2.6
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