Defense Capital Goods New Orders (advance estimate; 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. In the United States, new orders of defense capital goods were 15.80 USD billion (seasonally adjusted) in August 2025, versus 15.27 in July 2025. This represents a rise of 3.47 percent.
Sample. This monthly series has 403 records in total. The time period covered by the series goes from February 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few statistics calculated on the full sample: new orders recorded their highest level of 25.89 billion US dollars in June 2000; they registered a minimum of 2.58 in December 2000; they had an average value of 9.10.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 17229.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 15265.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 15798.0 |
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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 | Yes |
| 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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