Advance Report on Durable Goods
New orders for manufactured durable goods in January 2012 decreased 4.0 percent, to $206.1 billion. Excluding transportation, new orders fell 3.2 percent. Overall shipments increased 0.4 percent, while capital goods shipments fell 1.1 percent. Unfilled orders were up 0.5 percent and inventories increased 0.7 percent.