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Manufacturers' Shipments Inventories & Orders report for Dec 2006
05 Feb '07
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Shipments:
Shipments of manufactured durable goods in December, up four of the last five months, increased $2.2 billion or 1.0 percent to $212.0 billion, revised from the previously published 0.8 percent increase. This followed a 0.3 percent November increase. Transportation equipment, up four of the last five months, had the largest increase, $2.1 billion or 3.7 percent to $58.2 billion.
Shipments of manufactured nondurable goods, up two consecutive months, increased $3.2 billion or 1.8 percent to $183.9 billion. This was led by petroleum and coal products, which increased $2.4 billion or 7.4 percent to $34.7 billion.
Unfilled Orders:
Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in December, up nineteen of the last twenty months, increased $14.5 billion or 2.1 percent to $693.8 billion, revised from the previously published 2.3 percent increase. This was at the highest level since the series began and followed a 1.8 percent November increase. Transportation equipment, up nineteen of the last twenty months, had the largest increase, $10.5 billion or 2.9 percent to $379.8 billion.
Inventories:
Inventories of manufactured durable goods in December, up eleven of the last twelve months, increased $1.1 billion or 0.4 percent to $295.8 billion, unchanged from the previously published increase. This followed a 0.3 percent November increase. Machinery, up nine of the last ten months, had the largest increase, $0.7 billion or 1.5 percent to $47.2 billion.
Inventories of manufactured nondurable goods, down three of the last four months, decreased $0.7 billion or 0.4 percent to $186.3 billion. This was led by chemical products, which decreased $0.7 billion or 1.2 percent to $56.9 billion. By stage of fabrication, December materials and supplies decreased 0.4 percent in durable goods and 0.8 percent in nondurable goods. Work in process increased 1.9 percent in durable goods and decreased 0.5 percent in nondurable goods. Finished goods decreased 0.5 percent in durable goods and 0.1 percent in nondurable goods.
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Shipments of manufactured durable goods in December, up four of the last five months, increased $2.2 billion or 1.0 percent to $212.0 billion, revised from the previously published 0.8 percent increase. This followed a 0.3 percent November increase. Transportation equipment, up four of the last five months, had the largest increase, $2.1 billion or 3.7 percent to $58.2 billion.
Shipments of manufactured nondurable goods, up two consecutive months, increased $3.2 billion or 1.8 percent to $183.9 billion. This was led by petroleum and coal products, which increased $2.4 billion or 7.4 percent to $34.7 billion.
Unfilled Orders:
Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in December, up nineteen of the last twenty months, increased $14.5 billion or 2.1 percent to $693.8 billion, revised from the previously published 2.3 percent increase. This was at the highest level since the series began and followed a 1.8 percent November increase. Transportation equipment, up nineteen of the last twenty months, had the largest increase, $10.5 billion or 2.9 percent to $379.8 billion.
Inventories:
Inventories of manufactured durable goods in December, up eleven of the last twelve months, increased $1.1 billion or 0.4 percent to $295.8 billion, unchanged from the previously published increase. This followed a 0.3 percent November increase. Machinery, up nine of the last ten months, had the largest increase, $0.7 billion or 1.5 percent to $47.2 billion.
Inventories of manufactured nondurable goods, down three of the last four months, decreased $0.7 billion or 0.4 percent to $186.3 billion. This was led by chemical products, which decreased $0.7 billion or 1.2 percent to $56.9 billion. By stage of fabrication, December materials and supplies decreased 0.4 percent in durable goods and 0.8 percent in nondurable goods. Work in process increased 1.9 percent in durable goods and decreased 0.5 percent in nondurable goods. Finished goods decreased 0.5 percent in durable goods and 0.1 percent in nondurable goods.
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