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 stood at 14.72 billion US dollars in August 2025, versus 11.60 in July 2025. This constitutes an increase of 26.90 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series shown in the chart has 403 observations in total. The series covers the time period extending from February 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here are some statistics we calculated on the entire sample: new orders were equal on average to 9.08 billion US dollars; they peaked at 25.48 in June 2000; they hit 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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