Capital Goods 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 capital goods were 105.92 billion US dollars in January 2026, compared to 135.76 in December 2025. This represents a reduction of 21.98 percent.
Sample. There are 408 observations in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The span of time covered by the series is from February 1992 to January 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: new orders reached a maximum of 144.41 billion US dollars in May 2025; they reached a trough of 36.85 in July 1992; they averaged 76.15.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 116734.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 135761.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 105922.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Capital Goods 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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