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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PRELIMINARY REPORT ON MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS,
INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS Summary New orders for manufactured goods in June, up four of the last five
months, increased $1.4 billion or 0.4 percent to $349.0 billion, the U.S.
Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 1.1 percent May increase.
Excluding transportation, new orders increased 2.3 percent. Shipments,
up following ten consecutive monthly decreases, increased $4.9 billion
or 1.4 percent to $358.3 billion. This followed a 0.8 percent May decrease.
Unfilled orders, down nine consecutive months, decreased $6.5 billion
or 0.9 percent to $740.2 billion. This was the longest streak of consecutive
monthly decreases since November 2001-July 2002. This followed a 0.3 percent
May decrease. The unfilled orders-to-shipments ratio was 6.04, down from
6.15 in May. Inventories, down ten consecutive months, decreased $4.2
billion or 0.8 percent to $508.3 billion. This was the longest streak
of consecutive monthly decreases since March 2003-January 2004 and followed
a 0.8 percent May decrease. The inventories-to-shipments ratio was 1.42,
down from 1.45 in May. New Orders New orders for manufactured durable goods in June, down following two consecutive monthly increases, decreased $3.6 billion or 2.2 percent to $159.1 billion, revised from the previously published 2.5 percent decrease. This followed a 1.3 percent May increase. New orders for manufactured nondurable goods increased $5.0 billion or 2.7 percent to $190.0 billion. Shipments Shipments of manufactured durable goods in June, down eleven consecutive
months, decreased $0.1 billion or 0.1 percent to $168.3 billion, revised
from the previously published 0.2 percent decrease. This also was the
longest streak of consecutive monthly decreases since the series was first
published on a NAICS basis in 1992 and followed a 2.7 percent May decrease.
Unfilled Orders Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in June, down nine consecutive
months, decreased $6.5 billion or 0.9 percent to $740.2 billion, unchanged
from the previously published decrease. This followed a 0.3 percent May
decrease. Inventories Inventories of manufactured durable goods in June, down six consecutive months, decreased $3.8 billion or 1.2 percent to $317.8 billion, revised from the previously published 0.9 percent decrease. This followed a 1.2 percent May decrease. Inventories of manufactured nondurable goods, down ten consecutive months, decreased $0.4 billion or 0.2 percent to $190.6 billion. This followed a 0.1 percent May decrease. Chemical products drove the decrease, down $0.7 billion or 1.2 percent to $63.1 billion. By stage of fabrication, June materials and supplies decreased 1.3 percent
in durable goods and increased 0.4 percent in nondurable goods. Work in
process decreased 0.6 percent in durable goods and 0.8 percent in nondurable
goods. Finished goods decreased 1.9 percent in durable goods and 0.4 percent
in nondurable goods.
Released August 5, 2009. Note: All figures in text are in seasonally adjusted current dollars. The advance report on durable goods for July is scheduled for August 26, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. and the full report on September 2, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Our internet address is: http://www.census.gov/m3
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