Defense Capital Goods New Orders (advance estimate; 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. In the United States, new orders of defense capital goods were 15.80 USD billion (seasonally adjusted) in August 2025, compared to 15.27 in July. This marks a gain of 3.47 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series presented in the graph has 403 data points. The span of time covered by the series extends from February 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few statistics calculated on the full sample: new orders achieved a maximum of 25.89 billion US dollars in June 2000; they recorded a bottom of 2.58 in December 2000; they averaged 9.10.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 17229.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 15265.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 15798.0 |
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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 | Yes |
| 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 |