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 11.60 billion US dollars in July 2025, versus 18.93 in June 2025. This marks a decrease of 38.72 percent.
Sample. There are 402 records in the monthly time series shown in the graph above. The time period covered by the series extends from February 1992 to July 2025.
History. Check out some statistics calculated on the whole sample: new orders had a mean of 9.07 USD billion; they hit a minimum of 2.47 in July 1996; they recorded a maximum of 25.48 in June 2000.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-31 | 17553.0 |
| 2025-06-30 | 18935.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 11600.0 |
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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 |