Advance Report on Durable Goods
New orders for manufactured durable goods in February 2012 increased 2.2 percent, to $211.8 billion. Excluding transportation, new orders rose 1.6 percent. Overall shipments fell 0.4 percent, while capital goods shipments fell 0.3 percent. Unfilled orders increased 1.3 percent and inventories rose 0.4 percent.