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 billion US dollars in August 2025, compared to 203.34 in July. This constitutes a reduction of 0.28 percent.
Sample. There are 404 records overall in the monthly series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the time period stretching from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: unfilled orders had a mean of 152.30 USD billion; they hit a peak of 210.10 in March 2021; they reached their lowest level of 100.82 in November 1999.
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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