Defense Capital Goods Unfilled 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, unfilled orders of defense capital goods were 202.78 USD billion in August 2025, versus 203.34 in July 2025. This represents a reduction of 0.28 percent.
Sample. The monthly series shown in the figure has 404 data points in total. The time range covered by the series goes from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: unfilled orders were equal on average to 152.30 USD billion; they reached a maximum of 210.10 in March 2021; they reached their lowest level of 100.82 in November 1999.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 205738.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 203343.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 202775.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Defense Capital Goods Unfilled Orders |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| 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 |