Machinery 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 machinery were 38.68 USD billion in August 2025, compared to 38.23 in the previous month. This marks an increase of 1.18 percent.
Sample. In the monthly series shown in the chart, there are 403 data points. The series covers the span of time going from February 1992 to August 2025.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: new orders were equal on average to 27.77 USD billion; they reached a minimum of 13.95 in July 1992; they reached a maximum of 42.13 in March 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 40530.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 38228.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 38678.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Machinery 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 |