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 22.81 USD billion in April 2026, compared to 23.36 in March 2026. This represents a decrease of 2.35 percent.
Sample. In this monthly time series, there are 411 observations overall. The time period covered by the series goes from February 1992 to April 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: new orders had a mean of 9.28 billion US dollars; they peaked at 25.48 in June 2000; they hit a trough of 2.47 in July 1996.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 13283.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 23363.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 22811.0 |
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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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