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 stood at 43.44 billion US dollars in April 2026, compared to 45.45 in the previous month. This represents a decrease of 4.42 percent.
Sample. There are 411 observations overall in the monthly series presented in the chart above. The time span covered by the series stretches from February 1992 to April 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: new orders hit a minimum of 13.95 USD billion in July 1992; they achieved a maximum of 45.45 in March 2026; they had a mean of 28.02.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 39945.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 45453.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 43444.0 |
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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 |
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