Defense Capital Goods Unfilled 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, unfilled orders of defense capital goods were 202.78 USD billion in August 2025, compared to 203.34 in July. This marks a decrease of 0.28 percent.
Sample. There are 404 observations overall in the monthly time series presented in the plot above. The time range covered by the series stretches from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: unfilled orders peaked at 210.10 billion US dollars in March 2021; they reached a minimum of 100.82 in November 1999; they were equal on average to 152.30.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 205738.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 203343.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 202775.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Defense Capital Goods Unfilled Orders |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| 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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