Defense Capital Goods New Orders (advance estimate; not seasonally adjusted; USD million) - United States - Census - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Advance manufacturing survey (U.S. Census)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. On a sesonally unadjusted basis, in the United States, new orders of defense capital goods were 14.72 USD billion in August 2025, compared to 11.60 in July. This marks an increase of 26.90 percent.
Sample. There are 403 records overall in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The time span covered by the series extends from February 1992 to August 2025.
History. Check out some statistics calculated on the full sample: new orders averaged 9.08 USD billion; they peaked at 25.48 in June 2000; they registered a minimum of 2.47 in July 1996.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 18935.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 11600.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 14723.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Defense Capital Goods New Orders |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Nominal aggregate |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollars (USD) million |
| Source | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open Data |
| Measure type | Level |
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