Posted May 24, 2024
Durable goods orders up 0.7%
New orders for manufactured durable goods in April, up three consecutive months, increased $1.9 billion or 0.7% to $284.1 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.
This followed a 0.8% March increase.
Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.4%. Excluding defense, new orders were virtually unchanged.
Transportation equipment, also up three consecutive months, led the increase, $1.1 billion or 1.2% to $96.2 billion.
INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY MAGAZINE
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