October durable goods orders drop in October
Boeing Co.
$179.34
11:04 24/12/24
Orders for goods made to last more than three years staged a big drop last month, but only because of a downdraft in those for civilian aircraft and parts.
Dow Jones I.A.
43,297.03
04:30 15/10/20
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, in seasonally adjusted terms durable goods orders fell by an outsized 5.4% month-on-month to reach $279.44bn (consensus: -3.7%).
But that was only due to a 49.6% drop in the often volatile category of non-defence aircraft and parts orders to $16.15bn.
When the entire transportation sector was excluded then orders were flat on the month (consensus: 0.1%).
Motor vehicles and parts orders also declined significantly, shrinking by 3.8% to $59.4bn.
So-called core capital goods orders excluding aircraft and defence meanwhile ticked lower by a tenth of a percentage point in comparison to September.
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