Durable Goods Orders During March 2022

The Durable Goods Orders report for March 2022 was released by the Commerce Department this morning:

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Predicted: +1.1%

• Actual: $272,718,000,000 (+$2,295,000,000 [+0.842%])

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CHART: Durable Goods Orders
March 2022 Update

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From Today's Report:

"...Excluding transportation, new orders increased 1.1 percent. Excluding defense, new orders increased 1.2 percent. Computers and electronic products, up two of the last three months, led the increase, $0.7 billion or 2.6 percent to $26.3 billion..."

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The yellow-highlighted figures represent the dollar amount of new orders for durable or hard goods for immediate or future delivery from U.S. manufacturers, along with both the dollar and month-to-month percentage change.

Examples of durable goods: cars, airplanes, computers, furniture -- items that are built to last at least three years.

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• Click here to view the full Commerce Department report (PDF).
  
  

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