Machinery 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 machinery were 154.28 USD billion in September 2026, compared to 153.60 in August 2026. This constitutes an increase of 0.44 percent.
Sample. There are 417 observations overall in the monthly series presented in the figure above. The span of time covered by the series is from January 1992 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few simple statistics computed on the entire sample: unfilled orders had a mean of 88.34 billion US dollars; they reached their lowest level of 39.96 billion US dollars in August 1992; they peaked at 156.98 billion US dollars in February 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 152,753 |
| 2026-08-31 | 153,602 |
| 2026-09-30 | 154,283 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Machinery 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 |
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