The orders of the long -term manufactured goods jumped in March, with much more expectations and based on previous profits, according to the published data Thorsday by the United States Census Office.
The new requests for durable goods increased 9.2 percent to $ 315.7 billion seasonally adjusted, after an increase of 0.9 percent in February. Economists had predicted an increase of 1.4 percent more fashion. The gain was driven by an increase of 27.0 percent in transport equipment, led by a jump of 139.0 percent in commercial aircraft orders, which only represented almost all the increase in the title.
Excluding transport, orders were flat, compared to a gain of 0.7 percent in February and the expectations of a 0.3 percent increase. Orders of basic capital goods non -defensive capital goods, excluding airplanes, an investment indicator of the private sector of the private sector only 0.1 percent, also slower than 0.7 percent of February and below the planned 0.3 percent.
Machinery orders increased 0.1 percent, below a 0.8 percent increase in the previous month, while shipments rose 0.5 percent. Computers and related products saw that orders fell 2.9 percent, after a gain of 0.9 percent in February. Motor vehicles and parts orders increased 2.3 percent, reflecting the rhythm of the previous month. Primary metal orders added 0.7 percent, they also slow down from 1.3 percent of February.
Shipments of all lasting goods increased 0.1 percent in March after increasing 1.3 percent in February. Non -full orders increased 2.0 percent, compared to only 0.1 percent in the previous month, and transport represents most of the increase.
Shipments of basic capital goods, used to calculate the investment component of GDP equipment, increased modestly in March, suggestion that business investment can be recovering in the first quarter after hiring at the end of last year.
Although many analysts and media reports have described the increase in orders as a front load before the fees ads in early April, the inventories of durable goods increased only 0.1 percent, suggesting that companies were not storing goods in a massive way. Inventories of non -defensive capital goods increased by 0.3 percent, and total inventories of capital goods increased by 0.4 percent, modest profits, but consisting of a cautious rest environment.
The requests for durable goods are a main indicator of the economic force. When companies and consumers commit to buying machinery, vehicles and long -lived appliances, they are the expression of future income and stability. These are not impulse purchases. They are bets in the future. A sustained increase in orders for lasting goods is not just a sign that the factories are more occupied, it is a sign that the economic impulse is being built.
The most complete data, including non -durable goods, will be published on May 2.