Manufactured goods orders rose 1.0 percent in October
New orders for manufactured goods increased $5.1 billion or 1.0 percent in October to $522.1 billion.
Orders increased 0.5 percent in September.
New orders for manufactured durable goods decreased 0.4 percent to $260.3 billion, up from the previously published 0.5 percent decrease. Transportation equipment drove the decrease, falling 2.6 percent to $75.3 billion. New orders for manufactured nondurable goods increased $6.1 billion or 2.4 percent to $261.9 billion.
Shipments of manufactured durable goods increased $4.1 billion or 1.6 percent to $261.5 billion, up from the previously published 1.5 percent increase. This followed a 0.6 percent September increase.