Durable Goods excluding Defense 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 durable goods excluding defense were 292.75 USD billion in August 2025, versus 270.41 in July 2025. This constitutes an increase of 8.26 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series plotted above has 403 data points. The series covers the time period extending from February 1992 to August 2025.
History. Take a look at some simple statistics calculated on the full sample: new orders had a mean of 195.73 USD billion; they recorded a maximum of 323.86 in May 2025; they reached their lowest level of 99.12 in July 1992.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 309452.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 270412.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 292746.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Durable Goods excluding Defense 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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