(NOTE:See Shipments, Unfill Orders & Inventories historical data story 84734) 
 
   Seasonally adjusted data in millions of dollars. R denotes revised. 
Source: U.S. Commerce Department. 
 
           -NEW ORDERS-                -EX-TRANSPORTATI       -EX-DEFENSE- 
                 Mo Ago  Yr Ago       Mo Ago  Yr Ago          Mo Ago  Yr Ago 
Month     Level    % chg % chg:   Level  % chg % chg :   Level   % chg  % chg 
Sep 09    356,088   12.8 -17.1:  315,624   0.8 -15.7 :  342,179    0.7  -17.3 
Aug 09    315,624  -11.3 -28.8:  313,115   0.3 -20.0 :  339,877   -0.7  -21.1 
Jul 09    355,719    1.4 -23.2:  312,171  -0.6 -23.0 :  342,414    1.0  -24.1 
Jun 09    350,913    0.9 -23.6:  313,959   2.7 -22.2 :  338,955    1.9  -23.9 
May 09    347,616    1.1 -22.8:  305,681   0.9 -22.3 :  332,561    0.9  -24.0 
Apr 09    343,760    0.5 -22.9:  302,992  -0.2 -22.3 :  329,548   -0.1  -24.2 
Mar 09    341,935   -1.9 -22.3:  303,588  -2.1 -20.0 :  329,721   -2.0  -23.1 
Feb 09    348,460    0.7 -19.7:  310,064   0.5 -16.1 :  336,310   -0.1  -20.2 
Jan 09    346,120   -3.5 -20.5:  308,610  -2.4 -17.8 :  336,726   -1.9  -20.7 
Dec 08    358,811   -4.9 -19.5:  316,246  -5.4 -16.1 :  343,073   -6.3  -20.7 
Nov 08    377,203   -6.5 -13.8:  334,138  -6.0 -10.8 :  366,069   -6.6  -14.9 
Oct 08    403,315   -6.0  -6.3:  355,543  -5.1  -3.3 :  392,117   -5.2   -6.6 
Sep 08    429,286   -3.1   0.9:  374,477  -4.3   3.1 :  413,595   -4.0   -0.6 
Aug 08    443,200   -4.3   3.9:  391,266  -3.6   8.2 :  430,776   -4.5    4.3 
Jul 08    462,993    0.7   4.7:  405,680   0.5  10.0 :  450,930    1.2    4.6 
Jun 08    459,576    2.1   7.5:  403,771   2.7  12.1 :  445,374    1.8    6.3 
May 08    450,033    0.9   5.4:  393,181   0.8   7.9 :  437,322    0.6    4.7 
Apr 08    445,915    1.3   4.0:  390,058   2.8   8.1 :  434,754    1.4    3.5 
Mar 08    440,216    1.5   4.2:  379,303   2.6   6.9 :  428,590    1.7    3.3 
Feb 08    433,860   -0.4   5.1:  369,652  -1.6   5.3 :  421,463   -0.8    4.6 
Jan 08    435,415   -2.4   7.3:  375,521  -0.4   8.1 :  424,777   -1.8    7.2 
Dec 07    445,917    1.9   5.7:  376,912   0.6   5.4 :  432,783    0.6    4.8 
Nov 07    437,808    1.8   5.3:  374,678   1.9   6.9 :  430,197    2.5    6.5 
Oct 07    430,254    1.1   5.3:  367,760   1.2   5.3 :  419,672    0.9    4.7 
Sep 07    425,399   -0.3  -0.8:  363,302   0.4   2.8 :  416,014    0.8    0.4 
Aug 07    426,512   -3.5   1.6:  361,733  -1.9  -0.4 :  412,887   -4.2    0.8 
Jul 07    442,069    3.4   4.3:  368,763   2.4   0.3 :  431,040    2.9    3.9 
Jun 07    427,369    0.1  -0.5:  360,161  -1.2  -1.7 :  418,857    0.3    0.2 
May 07    427,149   -0.4   1.0:  364,448   1.0   0.0 :  417,772   -0.6    0.4 
Apr 07    428,894    1.6   2.3:  360,675   1.6   0.7 :  420,103    1.2    2.2 
Mar 07    422,322    2.3  -1.0:  354,855   1.1  -1.0 :  415,000    3.0   -0.4 
Feb 07    412,981    1.8  -0.2:  351,082   1.1  -0.1 :  402,936    1.6   -0.3 
Jan 07    405,820   -3.8  -0.6:  347,407  -2.9  -2.8 :  396,406   -4.0   -2.3 
Dec 06    421,690    1.4   0.6:  357,689   2.0   2.6 :  412,874    2.2    0.7 
Nov 06    415,722    1.8  -1.1:  350,587   0.4   0.8 :  404,026    0.8   -1.7 
Oct 06    408,514   -4.8  -0.1:  349,255  -1.2   1.5 :  400,833   -3.2    0.7 
Sep 06    429,000    2.2   6.5:  353,500  -2.7   2.9 :  414,284    1.1    5.1 
Aug 06    419,738   -1.0   4.9:  363,286  -1.2   6.8 :  409,772   -1.2    4.6 
Jul 06    423,937   -1.3   8.7:  367,619   0.3  11.6 :  414,956   -0.7    9.0 
Jun 06    429,311    1.5   7.4:  366,514   0.5  10.2 :  417,977    0.5    7.4 
May 06    423,108    0.9   7.4:  364,517   1.7  11.9 :  416,026    1.2    8.2 
Apr 06    419,229   -1.7  10.1:  358,317  -0.1  10.5 :  411,200   -1.3   10.6 
Mar 06    426,610    3.1  12.6:  358,601   2.0   9.8 :  416,820    3.1   12.4 
Feb 06    413,922    1.4   9.8:  351,555  -1.6   9.6 :  404,262   -0.4    9.6 
Jan 06    408,350   -2.6   9.5:  357,261   2.5  12.3 :  405,896   -1.0   11.1 
Dec 05    419,154   -0.2  13.7:  348,637   0.2  10.7 :  409,907   -0.2   13.1 
Nov 05    420,178    2.7  13.0:  347,773   1.1  10.8 :  410,911    3.2   13.0 
Oct 05    408,999    1.5  13.1:  344,062   0.1  11.2 :  398,070    1.0   13.2 
Sep 05    402,911    0.7  12.4:  343,701   1.0  12.6 :  394,127    0.6   12.7 
Aug 05    400,198    2.6  12.7:  340,277   3.3  12.5 :  391,829    2.9   12.8 
Jul 05    390,052   -2.4   9.5:  329,504  -0.9  10.4 :  380,682   -2.1    9.3 
Jun 05    399,829    1.5  13.5:  332,447   2.0  12.2 :  389,004    1.1   13.6 
May 05    393,875    3.4  13.1:  325,856   0.4  10.6 :  384,629    3.4   13.0 
Apr 05    380,848    0.5   9.5:  324,414  -0.6  10.9 :  371,908    0.3    9.7 
Mar 05    378,782    0.5   7.1:  326,485   1.8  10.7 :  370,979    0.5    7.8 
Feb 05    377,085    1.1  12.6:  320,756   0.8  15.0 :  368,998    1.0   13.4 
Jan 05    372,812    1.1  12.2:  318,068   1.0  13.2 :  365,196    0.8   12.6 
Dec 04    368,733   -0.8   8.7:  314,914   0.3  11.1 :  362,400   -0.4   10.2 
Nov 04    371,871    2.8  10.1:  313,920   1.5  11.7 :  363,676    3.4   10.5 
Oct 04    361,655    0.9   5.9:  309,319   1.3   8.9 :  351,589    0.5    6.0 
Sep 04    358,497    0.9   7.1:  305,292   1.0   9.5 :  349,749    0.6    7.2 
Aug 04    355,241   -0.3   8.3:  302,390   1.3   9.8 :  347,506   -0.3    9.5 
Jul 04    356,370    1.2   7.5:  298,551   0.7   8.0 :  348,450    1.7    7.7 
Jun 04    352,293    1.2   7.6:  296,337   0.6   8.9 :  342,467    0.6    7.5 
May 04    348,145    0.1   7.7:  294,695   0.7   9.6 :  340,418    0.4    8.5 
Apr 04    347,897   -1.6   7.9:  292,579  -0.8   9.6 :  338,903   -1.6    8.6 
Mar 04    353,560    5.6   7.1:  294,989   5.7   7.4 :  344,257    5.8    7.5 
Feb 04    334,748    0.7   1.8:  279,034  -0.7   2.0 :  325,280    0.3    1.9 
Jan 04    332,340   -2.0   3.4:  280,905  -0.9   4.3 :  324,261   -1.4    3.0 
Dec 03    339,245    0.4   7.5:  283,473   0.9   5.6 :  328,796   -0.1    6.7 
Nov 03    337,830   -1.1   5.6:  280,968  -1.1   5.1 :  329,149   -0.8    4.8 
Oct 03    341,520    2.1   6.7:  284,046   1.9   5.8 :  331,783    1.7    5.1 
Sep 03    334,624    2.0   5.3:  278,800   1.2   3.9 :  326,388    2.8    5.4 
Aug 03    328,091   -1.1   0.9:  275,452  -0.3   3.7 :  317,445   -1.9    0.0 
Jul 03    331,622    1.3   3.5:  276,413   1.5   4.8 :  323,665    1.6    3.9 
Jun 03    327,329    1.3   4.5:  272,207   1.3   2.7 :  318,573    1.6    3.9 
May 03    323,239    0.2   0.9:  268,762   0.7   0.0 :  313,625    0.5   -0.3 
Apr 03    322,446   -2.3   2.4:  266,987  -2.8   1.1 :  312,020   -2.5    1.1 
Mar 03    330,058    0.4   4.7:  274,717   0.4   5.4 :  320,098    0.3    4.8 
Feb 03    328,689    2.3   4.5:  273,551   1.5   5.6 :  319,116    1.4    4.5 
Jan 03    321,271    1.8   4.9:  269,442   0.4   4.4 :  314,844    2.1    4.3 
Dec 02    315,474   -1.4   0.9:  268,326   0.4   0.9 :  308,258   -1.9    0.8 
Nov 02    320,028    0.0   3.3:  267,227  -0.4   1.3 :  314,109   -0.5    3.5 
Oct 02    319,941    0.6   0.3:  268,406   0.0   1.9 :  315,739    2.0    5.2 
Sep 02    317,923   -2.2   2.4:  268,371   1.0   1.1 :  309,644   -2.5    2.6 
Aug 02    325,056    1.4   0.9:  265,717   0.8  -3.2 :  317,493    1.9    0.4 
Jul 02    320,430    2.3   0.4:  263,682  -0.5  -2.8 :  311,527    1.6   -0.3 
Jun 02    313,096   -2.3  -3.1:  265,020  -1.4  -2.6 :  306,562   -2.5   -3.3 
May 02    320,345    1.7  -3.6:  268,730   1.7  -4.2 :  314,534    1.9   -3.2 
Apr 02    314,985    0.0  -2.4:  264,193   1.4  -2.9 :  308,697    1.1   -2.4 
Mar 02    315,117    0.1  -5.6:  260,630   0.6  -6.2 :  305,405    0.0   -5.9 
Feb 02    314,657    2.7  -6.2:  259,140   0.4  -9.7 :  305,434    1.2   -7.2 
Jan 02    306,399   -2.0  -8.0:  258,054  -3.0 -10.2 :  301,886   -1.3   -8.0 
Dec 01    312,638    0.9  -8.7:  266,032   0.8  -7.9 :  305,713    0.7   -9.8 
Nov 01    309,854   -2.9  -9.9:  263,885   0.2  -9.2 :  303,624    1.1   -9.7 
Oct 01    319,082    2.8  -5.9:  263,324  -0.8  -9.4 :  300,232   -0.5  -10.0 
Sep 01    310,429   -3.7 -12.0:  265,366  -3.3  -9.9 :  301,745   -4.5  -13.0 
Aug 01    322,195    0.9  -5.8:  274,539   1.2  -5.8 :  316,123    1.2   -5.8 
Jul 01    319,215   -1.2  -7.0:  271,169  -0.4  -7.2 :  312,438   -1.4   -7.5 
Jun 01    323,203   -2.8 -13.8:  272,150  -3.0  -8.8 :  316,895   -2.5   -9.0 
May 01    332,414    3.0  -2.5:  280,549   3.1  -3.3 :  324,977    2.8   -3.2 
Apr 01    322,591   -3.4  -7.3:  272,110  -2.0  -7.4 :  316,144   -2.6   -7.8 
Mar 01    333,806   -0.5  -2.7:  277,794  -3.2  -4.8 :  324,718   -1.3   -3.9 
Feb 01    335,345    0.7   0.7:  286,940  -0.1   2.1 :  329,084    0.3    0.4 
Jan 01    333,049   -2.7  -5.0:  287,342  -0.6  -0.6 :  328,216   -3.2   -3.8 
Dec 00    342,379   -0.4  -0.6:  288,973  -0.6   0.6 :  338,912    0.8    0.5 
Nov 00    343,757    1.4   2.6:  290,625   0.0   2.8 :  336,161    0.8    1.8 
Oct 00    339,131   -3.8   0.0:  290,554  -1.3   3.0 :  333,446   -3.9    0.8 
Sep 00    352,692    3.1   5.5:  294,438   1.0   4.8 :  347,003    3.4    5.3 
Aug 00    342,109   -0.4   2.7:  291,421  -0.3   5.1 :  335,584   -0.6    2.3 
Jul 00    343,330   -8.5   4.0:  292,275  -2.1   6.2 :  337,725   -3.0    4.7 
Jun 00    375,090   10.0  15.6:  298,452   2.9   9.8 :  348,066    3.7    9.1 
May 00    341,093   -2.0   4.8:  290,008  -1.3   7.2 :  335,624   -2.1    5.4 
Apr 00    347,981    1.4   8.6:  293,874   0.7   9.4 :  342,944    1.5    9.0 
Mar 00    343,170    3.0   5.9:  291,763   3.8   8.7 :  338,014    3.2    6.9 
Feb 00    333,119   -5.0   2.3:  281,145  -2.7   4.1 :  327,668   -4.0    2.8 
Jan 00    350,761    1.8   8.6:  288,953   0.6   9.6 :  341,253    1.2    8.3 
Dec 99    344,443    2.8   8.6:  287,180   1.6   6.8 :  337,072    2.0    8.6 
Nov 99    334,907   -1.2   5.3:  282,782   0.3   7.0 :  330,304   -0.1    6.0 
Oct 99    339,010    1.5   7.2:  282,034   0.4   7.4 :  330,724    0.4    6.6 

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