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 stood at 125.89 USD billion in March 2026, compared to 97.70 in February. This represents an increase of 28.85 percent.
Sample. There are 410 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The time range covered by the series is from February 1992 to March 2026.
History. Take a look at a few summary statistics calculated on the full sample: new orders recorded a bottom of 36.85 USD billion in July 1992; they hit a peak of 144.41 in May 2025; they were equal on average to 76.33.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-31 | 105931.0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 97705.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 125887.0 |
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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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