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 13.21 USD billion in January 2026, versus 22.85 in December 2025. This represents a reduction of 42.19 percent.
Sample. There are 408 observations in the monthly series shown in the graph above. The series covers the time span stretching from February 1992 to January 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics calculated on the entire sample: new orders hit a minimum of 2.47 billion US dollars in July 1996; they reached their maximum of 25.48 in June 2000; they had a mean of 9.20.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 15123.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 22848.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 13215.0 |
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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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