(NOTE: See New Orders historical data in story no. 84733) 
 
   Seasonally adjusted data in millions of dollars. R denotes revised. 
Source: U.S. Commerce Department. 
 
               -SHIPMENTS-           -UNFILLED ORDERS-       -INVENTORIES- 
                 Mo Ago  Yr Ago         Mo Ago  Yr Ago         Mo Ago  Yr Ago 
Month      Level   % chg % chg:   Level  % chg % chg :   Level   % chg  % chg 
Sep 09    363,053    0.8 -15.9:  733,325  -0.4 -11.5 :  492,648   -1.0  -11.8 
Aug 09    360,145   -0.2 -19.2:  736,634  -0.4 -10.9 :  497,473   -0.9  -11.6 
Jul 09    360,951    0.3 -21.9:  739,922  -0.1 -10.2 :  502,174   -0.9  -10.2 
Jun 09    359,928    1.8 -21.0:  740,685  -0.8  -9.5 :  506,770   -1.1   -8.8 
May 09    353,425   -0.8 -21.0:  746,744  -0.3  -7.8 :  512,515   -0.8   -6.6 
Apr 09    356,430   -0.5 -20.1:  749,081  -1.1  -6.7 :  516,545   -1.2   -5.3 
Mar 09    358,073   -1.8 -17.6:  757,692  -1.7  -4.9 :  522,662   -1.2   -4.2 
Feb 09    364,479   -0.5 -15.1:  770,939  -1.7  -2.0 :  528,920   -1.3   -2.2 
Jan 09    366,366   -2.6 -16.3:  783,955  -2.0   0.8 :  535,850   -1.1   -0.3 
Dec 08    375,980   -3.3 -13.2:  800,360  -1.5   3.5 :  541,986   -1.9    2.1 
Nov 08    388,928   -6.5 -10.7:  812,879  -0.9   7.6 :  552,253   -0.5    4.9 
Oct 08    415,900   -3.6  -2.7:  820,672  -0.9   9.7 :  554,990   -0.6    6.2 
Sep 08    431,492   -3.1   2.2:  828,225   0.2  11.8 :  558,296   -0.8    7.0 
Aug 08    445,455   -3.7   5.2:  826,529   0.3  12.8 :  562,781    0.7    8.6 
Jul 08    462,379    1.4   7.1:  824,232   0.8  13.7 :  559,070    0.6    7.8 
Jun 08    455,873    1.9   7.8:  818,023   1.0  15.4 :  555,627    1.2    7.3 
May 08    447,411    0.3   4.9:  810,293   0.9  15.8 :  548,825    0.6    6.2 
Apr 08    446,031    2.7   5.5:  802,972   0.7  15.8 :  545,633    0.0    6.0 
Mar 08    434,378    1.1   4.0:  797,114   1.3  17.1 :  545,791    0.9    6.4 
Feb 08    429,531   -1.9   4.4:  786,860   1.2  17.3 :  540,675    0.6    5.5 
Jan 08    437,643    1.1   7.1:  777,859   0.6  17.1 :  537,497    1.3    4.9 
Dec 07    433,063   -0.6   3.2:  773,297   2.3  17.1 :  530,664    0.8    3.7 
Nov 07    435,555    1.9   6.0:  755,712   1.0  15.6 :  526,439    0.7    2.9 
Oct 07    427,623    1.3   4.6:  748,304   1.0  16.3 :  522,777    0.1    2.5 
Sep 07    422,225   -0.3   2.8:  740,534   1.0  16.2 :  521,995    0.8    2.8 
Aug 07    423,435   -1.9  -0.7:  732,889   1.1  19.5 :  518,057   -0.1    2.8 
Jul 07    431,756    2.1   2.2:  724,733   2.2  18.0 :  518,644    0.1    3.5 
Jun 07    422,938   -0.8  -0.8:  708,841   1.3  16.8 :  517,956    0.2    4.4 
May 07    426,330    0.9   0.0:  699,668   0.9  17.0 :  516,996    0.4    5.2 
Apr 07    422,726    1.2   1.3:  693,329   1.9  16.5 :  514,686    0.3    5.6 
Mar 07    417,629    1.5  -0.4:  680,483   1.4  15.8 :  512,988    0.1    6.2 
Feb 07    411,584    0.7  -0.8:  670,877   1.0  16.8 :  512,706    0.1    7.1 
Jan 07    408,610   -2.6  -2.4:  664,272   0.6  16.9 :  512,189    0.1    7.0 
Dec 06    419,663    2.2   0.7:  660,406   1.0  15.3 :  511,487    0.0    8.2 
Nov 06    410,829    0.5   0.3:  653,650   1.6  16.0 :  511,609    0.3    9.0 
Oct 06    408,628   -0.5   0.4:  643,221   1.0  17.6 :  510,028    0.5    9.3 
Sep 06    410,821   -3.6   1.5:  637,063   3.9  18.2 :  507,632    0.7    9.8 
Aug 06    426,221    0.8   6.9:  613,391  -0.1  14.8 :  504,079    0.6    9.2 
Jul 06    422,650   -0.9   8.1:  614,072   1.1  16.6 :  500,974    0.9    8.5 
Jun 06    426,294    0.0   9.0:  607,100   1.5  16.4 :  496,334    1.0    8.4 
May 06    426,125    2.1   9.8:  598,148   0.5  18.0 :  491,256    0.7    7.6 
Apr 06    417,258   -0.5   7.6:  595,079   1.2  20.2 :  487,600    1.0    6.7 
Mar 06    419,491    1.1   8.3:  587,745   2.3  18.6 :  482,900    0.9    6.0 
Feb 06    415,090   -0.8   9.2:  574,322   1.1  15.3 :  478,575    0.0    5.9 
Jan 06    418,485    0.4   9.9:  568,234  -0.8  14.9 :  478,608    1.2    7.0 
Dec 05    416,683    1.7  11.0:  572,835   1.6  15.4 :  472,860    0.8    7.3 
Nov 05    409,711    0.7   9.8:  563,554   3.0  13.4 :  469,304    0.5    6.6 
Oct 05    406,903    0.5  10.3:  546,980   1.5  11.2 :  466,827    1.0    7.4 
Sep 05    404,787    1.5  11.4:  539,073   0.9   9.3 :  462,324    0.2    7.4 
Aug 05    398,861    2.0  10.1:  534,449   1.5   8.7 :  461,411    0.0    7.4 
Jul 05    391,130    0.0   9.5:  526,765   1.0   6.9 :  461,583    0.8    8.3 
Jun 05    391,171    0.8   9.7:  521,648   2.9   7.0 :  457,820    0.2    8.3 
May 05    388,071    0.1  10.1:  506,868   2.4   4.3 :  456,706    0.0    9.1 
Apr 05    387,625    0.1  10.0:  494,901  -0.1   2.3 :  456,878    0.3   10.1 
Mar 05    387,240    1.9   9.3:  495,425  -0.5   2.7 :  455,665    0.8   10.3 
Feb 05    379,951   -0.2  12.0:  497,952   0.6   4.3 :  451,939    1.0    9.9 
Jan 05    380,836    1.4  12.2:  494,758  -0.3   4.0 :  447,366    1.5    9.6 
Dec 04    375,496    0.6  10.0:  496,343  -0.1   3.9 :  440,697    0.1    7.9 
Nov 04    373,078    1.1   9.8:  496,962   1.0   4.8 :  440,048    1.2    7.6 
Oct 04    368,982    1.6   8.1:  492,038  -0.2   4.7 :  434,635    1.0    6.0 
Sep 04    363,220    0.3   6.9:  493,244   0.3   6.2 :  430,452    0.2    4.9 
Aug 04    362,297    1.4   9.2:  491,893  -0.2   6.0 :  429,747    0.8    4.1 
Jul 04    357,137    0.2   5.8:  492,742   1.1   6.8 :  426,216    0.9    2.9 
Jun 04    356,599    1.2   7.4:  487,465   0.3   5.3 :  422,564    1.0    1.2 
May 04    352,370    0.0   7.4:  485,770   0.4   5.2 :  418,482    0.8   -0.4 
Apr 04    352,424   -0.5   7.7:  483,837   0.3   4.9 :  414,991    0.4   -1.7 
Mar 04    354,351    4.5   5.5:  482,462   1.1   4.7 :  413,188    0.5   -2.3 
Feb 04    339,254   -0.1   2.0:  477,280   0.3   3.6 :  411,076    0.7   -3.3 
Jan 04    339,559   -0.5   3.0:  475,897  -0.4   3.7 :  408,249    0.0   -3.1 
Dec 03    341,265    0.4   5.0:  477,608   0.8   3.4 :  408,304   -0.2   -3.5 
Nov 03    339,743   -0.4   3.1:  474,027   0.8   1.5 :  408,942   -0.3   -2.6 
Oct 03    341,230    0.4   3.1:  470,141   1.3  -0.3 :  410,125    0.0   -2.4 
Sep 03    339,779    2.4   2.9:  464,236   0.1  -2.8 :  410,318   -0.6   -2.3 
Aug 03    331,713   -1.8   0.7:  463,833   0.5  -4.3 :  412,857   -0.3   -1.4 
Jul 03    337,663    1.7   3.6:  461,536  -0.3  -4.6 :  414,168   -0.8   -0.8 
Jun 03    332,100    1.2   1.4:  462,950   0.2  -4.4 :  417,365   -0.7    0.1 
May 03    328,149    0.3  -0.2:  461,881   0.1  -6.4 :  420,236   -0.4    1.0 
Apr 03    327,316   -2.5   0.7:  461,257   0.1  -7.2 :  422,041   -0.2    1.1 
Mar 03    335,788    1.0   3.8:  460,615   0.0  -8.2 :  422,929   -0.5    1.2 
Feb 03    332,602    0.9   3.9:  460,642   0.4  -8.7 :  425,169    0.9    1.2 
Jan 03    329,672    1.4   2.6:  458,965  -0.7  -9.0 :  421,282   -0.4   -0.9 
Dec 02    324,964   -1.4   0.8:  462,122  -1.0 -10.2 :  423,133    0.8   -1.2 
Nov 02    329,487   -0.4   3.1:  466,839  -1.0 -10.1 :  419,927   -0.1   -3.3 
Oct 02    330,948    0.2   3.2:  471,373  -1.3 -10.1 :  420,403    0.1   -4.5 
Sep 02    330,331    0.3   3.0:  477,547  -1.5  -8.4 :  420,077    0.4   -5.6 
Aug 02    329,305    1.1  -0.4:  484,740   0.2  -8.0 :  418,554    0.3   -6.9 
Jul 02    325,855   -0.5  -0.6:  483,995  -0.1  -8.9 :  417,505    0.1   -8.1 
Jun 02    327,525   -0.4  -0.9:  484,452  -1.8  -9.5 :  417,107    0.2   -9.3 
May 02    328,827    1.2  -3.2:  493,400  -0.7  -8.1 :  416,209   -0.3  -10.6 
Apr 02    325,085    0.5  -1.9:  496,790  -0.9  -7.9 :  417,622    0.0  -11.2 
Mar 02    323,526    1.1  -4.8:  501,523  -0.6  -7.5 :  417,737   -0.6  -11.6 
Feb 02    320,138   -0.4  -7.6:  504,319  -0.1  -6.9 :  420,193   -1.2  -12.0 
Jan 02    321,264   -0.3  -6.4:  504,633  -1.9  -7.6 :  425,219   -0.7  -12.0 
Dec 01    322,274    0.9  -7.9:  514,349  -0.9  -6.4 :  428,113   -1.4  -11.1 
Nov 01    319,550   -0.3  -7.9:  519,174  -1.0  -5.3 :  434,143   -1.3  -10.0 
Oct 01    320,664    0.0  -8.1:  524,522   0.6  -3.6 :  440,017   -1.1   -8.3 
Sep 01    320,662   -3.0  -9.6:  521,595  -1.0  -4.4 :  444,788   -1.1   -6.9 
Aug 01    330,554    0.8  -5.0:  526,959  -0.8  -2.4 :  449,772   -1.0   -5.8 
Jul 01    327,846   -0.8  -6.6:  531,190  -0.7  -1.3 :  454,507   -1.2   -4.5 
Jun 01    330,442   -2.7  -6.9:  535,029  -0.4  -0.5 :  459,925   -1.2   -2.9 
May 01    339,654    2.5  -3.0:  536,957  -0.4   5.3 :  465,528   -1.0   -0.9 
Apr 01    331,244   -2.5  -6.7:  539,206  -0.5   5.4 :  470,031   -0.5    0.1 
Mar 01    339,752   -1.9  -2.4:  542,185   0.1   6.0 :  472,451   -1.1    1.3 
Feb 01    346,329    0.9   1.5:  541,701  -0.8   6.3 :  477,694   -1.1    2.4 
Jan 01    343,214   -1.9  -2.6:  546,064  -0.6   6.9 :  483,251    0.3    4.2 
Dec 00    349,908    0.9   1.6:  549,445   0.2   8.7 :  481,673   -0.2    3.9 
Nov 00    346,824   -0.6   0.8:  548,222   0.8  10.1 :  482,452    0.5    4.8 
Oct 00    348,822   -1.7   2.1:  543,945  -0.4   8.9 :  480,005    0.5    5.2 
Sep 00    354,838    2.0   4.7:  545,860   1.1  10.2 :  477,656    0.0    5.1 
Aug 00    347,893   -0.9   2.2:  539,927   0.3   9.5 :  477,596    0.3    5.6 
Jul 00    350,966   -1.2   4.9:  538,130   0.1   9.0 :  476,004    0.5    5.4 
Jun 00    355,102    1.4   6.3:  537,691   5.5   9.6 :  473,759    0.8    5.4 
May 00    350,320   -1.3   4.8:  509,821  -0.3   3.3 :  469,808    0.0    4.4 
Apr 00    355,110    2.0   7.6:  511,526   0.0   3.2 :  469,712    0.7    4.8 
Mar 00    348,281    2.1   5.7:  511,341   0.3   2.7 :  466,570    0.0    4.0 
Feb 00    341,127   -3.2   2.4:  509,605  -0.2   2.5 :  466,400    0.5    4.4 
Jan 00    352,341    2.3   7.4:  510,755   1.0   2.6 :  463,859    0.1    3.8 
   -By Rodney Christian; Dow Jones Newswires; (202) 646-1880; 
    csstat@dowjones.com 
 

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