Durable Goods excluding Defense 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 durable goods excluding defense were 320.87 billion US dollars in April 2026, compared to 323.57 in March. This represents a decrease of 0.83 percent.
Sample. There are 411 data points in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the period extending from February 1992 to April 2026.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: new orders had an average value of 197.74 billion US dollars; they hit a trough of 99.12 in July 1992; they recorded their maximum of 323.86 in May 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 281253.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 323572.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 320873.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Durable Goods excluding Defense 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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