Updated: 26-Jan-26 09:42 ET
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| Updated: 26-Jan-26 09:42 ET |
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Highlights
- Durable goods orders jumped 5.3% month-over-month in November (Briefing.com consensus: 1.1) following an upwardly revised 2.1% decline (from -2.2%) for October.
- Excluding transportation, durable goods orders rose 0.5% month-over-month (Briefing.com consensus: 0.3%) following a downwardly revised 0.1% increase (from 0.2%) for October.
Key Factors
- New orders for primary metals were flat after declining 1.1% in October.
- New orders for fabricated metal products increased 1.0% after increasing 0.8% in October.
- New orders for machinery jumped 0.5% after increasing 0.6% in October.
- New orders for computers and electronic equipment rose 0.2% after increasing 0.2% in October.
- New orders for transportation equipment surged 14.7% after declining 6.3% in October.
Big Picture
- The key takeaway from the report is that it showed good business spending activity, evidenced by the 0.7% month-over-month jump in nondefense capital goods orders excluding aircraft.
| Category |
NOV |
OCT |
SEP |
AUG |
JUL |
| Total Durable Orders |
5.3% |
-2.1% |
0.6% |
3.0% |
-2.8% |
| Less Defense |
6.6% |
-1.3% |
0.1% |
1.9% |
-2.4% |
| Less Transport |
0.5% |
0.1% |
0.6% |
0.5% |
0.9% |
| Transportation |
14.7% |
-6.3% |
0.7% |
8.0% |
-9.3% |
| Capital Goods |
14.5% |
-5.6% |
2.6% |
5.0% |
-9.0% |
| Nondefense |
20.0% |
-4.0% |
-1.0% |
5.0% |
-8.6% |
| Nondefense/nonaircarft (core cap gds) |
0.7% |
0.3% |
1.0% |
0.9% |
0.7% |
| Defense Cap Goods |
-14.3% |
-13.2% |
24.3% |
4.9% |
-11.4% |