U.S. Factory Shipments During August 2025

The U.S. Census Bureau this morning released their report on Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories and Orders -- also known as Factory Orders -- for August, 2025:

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Predicted: +1.4%

• Actual: +1.4% (+8,444,000,000)

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• August, 2025 New Orders: $612,030,000,000.
  
  
• July, 2025 New Orders: $603,586,000,000.
  

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• Change from 12 Months Ago (Year-on-Year):
  
  +$12,385,000,000 | +2.04% (not seasonally adjusted)
  

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The yellow-highlighted percentage is the seasonally adjusted, month-to-month change in new shipments for both durable and nondurable goods made by U.S. manufacturers. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

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CHART: U.S. Factory Orders
AUGUST 2025 Update

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• Click here to view the full Census Bureau report.

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