U.S. June factory orders rose 1.7 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | August 4, 2003

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U.S. June factory orders rose 1.7 pct
Monday August 4, 10:02 am ET

   WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) -  U.S. Commerce Department
seasonally adjusted data on U.S. factory orders, shipments and
unfilled  orders.
ORDERS-PCT CHANGES:         June    May    April
 New Orders                  1.7    0.3   -3.0
  Ex-Transportation          1.2    0.8   -2.7
  Ex-Defense                 1.5    0.9   -2.7
 Manufacturing with                        
  unfilled orders            2.6   unch   -2.8
 Durables                    2.6    0.1   -2.4
 Primary Metals              2.4   unch    2.0
 General Machinery           4.0   -0.5   -5.5
 Computers/Electronics       2.6    1.6    0.9
 Electrical Equipment                      
 Appliances               3.4   -1.6   -2.4
 Transport Equipment         4.7   -2.0   -4.7
NonDefense aircraft      21.1    5.6   51.2
Defense aircraft          4.5  -18.5  -21.0
Ships/boats               7.3   17.6   -4.2
 Computers/related products  2.3    0.3   18.8
 NonDurables                 0.7    0.6   -3.7
 Motor vehicles/parts        2.4   -0.6   -3.6
 NonDefense Cap              3.2    0.3   -0.1
 NonDefense Cap                            
  ex aircraft                1.7    0.7   -2.8
 Defense Cap                16.7  -20.8  -17.0
 Durables NonDefense         2.2    1.2   -1.7
 Unfilled-Durables           0.3   -0.1   -0.1
  SHIPMENTS-PCT CHANGES:     June   May    April
 Total                       1.1    0.3   -2.3
 Durables                    1.4    0.1   -1.1
  INVENTORIES-PCT CHANGES:   June   May    April
 Total                      -0.2   -0.2   -0.1
 Computers and related                     
  products                   1.7    0.6   -3.1
 Motor vehicles and parts   -0.7   -0.5   unch
ORDERS-BLNS OF DLRS:        June         May     April
 New Orders                325.982   320.495   319.428
  Ex-Transportation        274.739   271.542   269.460
  Ex-Defense               316.506   311.934   309.109
 Manufacturing with                                
  unfilled orders          120.657   117.588   117.532
 Durables                  173.440   169.006   168.876
 Primary Metals             10.817    10.567    10.571
 General Machinery          22.225    21.373    21.488
 Computers/Electronics      28.177    27.473    27.053
 Electrical Equipment                              
 Appliances               8.781     8.494     8.631
 Transport Equipment        51.243    48.953    49.968
NonDefense aircraft       5.762     4.760     4.507
Defense aircraft          3.916     3.748     4.601
Ships/boats               2.114     1.970     1.675
 NonDurables               152.542   151.489   150.552
 Computers and related                             
  products                   7.799     7.621     7.599
 Motor vehicles/parts       35.812    34.973    35.198
 NonDefense Cap             57.797    55.978    55.793
 NonDefense Cap                                    
  ex aircraft               55.352    54.402    54.027
 Defense Cap                 8.334     7.140     9.013
 Durables NonDefense       163.964   160.445   158.557
 Unfilled-Durables         478.115   476.744   477.402
  SHIPMENTS-BLNS DLRS:      June       May      April
 Total                     324.611   321.153   320.061
 Durables                  172.069   169.664   169.509
  INVENTORIES-BLNS DLRS:     June      May      April
 Total                     430.508   431.356   432.257
 Computers and related                             
  products                   6.829     6.713     6.674
 Motor vehicles and parts   20.434    20.587    20.685
  INVENTORIES/SHIPMENTS RATIO:   June   May 
.                                1.33   1.34  
 PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PERCENT CHANGES:
.                June    May   April
 Factory Orders   N/A    0.4   -3.0
 Durable Goods    2.1   unch   -2.4
  N/A-not available
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of economists forecast:
 U.S. June factory orders +1.5 pct
 NOTES:
 US JUNE FACTORY ORDERS BIGGEST RISE SINCE MARCH,DURABLES
BIGGEST SINCE JULY'02
 The inventories/shipments ratio is a measure of the number
of months it takes to deplete inventories at the current pace of
shipments.
 General machinery includes groups such as industrial, farm,
construction, mining and metalworking.
 Initial orders for June durable goods were issued on July
25.

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The full Commerce Dept report (.pdf) is at Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: June 2003

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