Defense 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 defense capital goods were 26.36 USD billion in September 2026, compared to 19.21 in the previous month. This represents a rise of 37.21 percent.
Sample. In the monthly time series presented in the graph, there are a total of 416 records. The series covers the time range going from February 1992 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: new orders were equal on average to 9.43 billion US dollars; they reached a maximum of 26.36 billion US dollars in September 2026; they hit a minimum of 2.47 billion US dollars in July 1996.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 18,388.0 |
| 2026-08-31 | 19,213.0 |
| 2026-09-30 | 26,363.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Defense 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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