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 25.13 billion US dollars in September 2025, versus 14.56 in August 2025. This represents an increase of 72.60 percent.
Sample. There are 404 data points in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The time span covered by the series stretches from February 1992 to September 2025.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: new orders hit a minimum of 2.47 billion US dollars in July 1996; they recorded a maximum of 25.48 in June 2000; they were equal on average to 9.12.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-07-31 | 11600.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 14564.0 |
| 2025-09-30 | 25127.0 |
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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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