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 105.52 billion US dollars in August 2025, compared to 96.67 in July. This constitutes a gain of 9.15 percent.
Sample. There are 403 observations overall in the monthly series displayed in the plot above. The span of time covered by the series goes from February 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here are a few summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: new orders reached their minimum of 36.85 USD billion in July 1992; they recorded their highest level of 144.41 in May 2025; they had an average value of 75.63.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 128024.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 96666.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 105521.0 |
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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 |