New orders for manufactured durable goods in January decreased $8.6 billion or 4.0 percent to $206.1 billion... Nondefense new orders for capital goods in January decreased $5.4 billion or 6.3 percent to $79.5 billion...
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Inventories of manufactured durable goods in January, up twenty-five consecutive months, increased $2.6 billion or 0.7 percent to $372.5 billion... Shipments decreased $0.6 billion or 0.9 percent to $70.9 billion. Unfilled orders increased $8.6 billion or 1.6 percent to $554.4 billion. Inventories increased $1.7 billion or 1.0 percent to $172.0 billion. Defense new orders for capital goods in January increased $0.9 billion or 17.7 percent to $5.9 billion. Shipments decreased $0.3 billion or 3.5 percent to $7.4 billion. Unfilled orders decreased $1.4 billion or 1.0 percent to $147.2 billion. Inventories increased $0.1 billion or 0.6 percent to $20.2 billion.
