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 15.55 billion US dollars (seasonally adjusted) in July 2025, versus 17.23 in the previous month. This marks a reduction of 9.75 percent.
Sample. There are 402 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the chart above. The time range covered by the series goes from February 1992 to July 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics computed on the full sample: new orders registered a minimum of 2.58 USD billion in December 2000; they achieved a maximum of 25.89 in June 2000; they had a mean value of 9.08.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-31 | 19355.0 |
| 2025-06-30 | 17229.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 15552.0 |
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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 |