(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 
Oct 16    464,722    0.4  -2.0:  1,128,492   0.7  -5.3 :  621,438    0.0   -3.3 
Sep 16    463,070    0.9  -3.1:  1,120,287  -0.2  -5.7 :  621,128   -0.1   -3.6 
Aug 16    459,111    0.2  -4.2:  1,123,085  -0.2  -6.0 :  621,552    0.1   -4.0 
Jul 16    458,002   -0.4  -5.2:  1,124,837  -0.2  -6.1 :  620,953    0.2   -4.5 
Jun 16    459,724    0.6  -5.1:  1,127,237  -0.9  -5.7 :  619,472    0.0   -5.0 
May 16    456,889    0.1  -5.1:  1,137,551   0.0  -4.8 :  619,667   -0.1   -4.7 
Apr 16    456,328    0.4  -5.4:  1,137,162   0.6  -5.3 :  620,455   -0.1   -4.5 
Mar 16    454,540    0.3  -5.8:  1,130,702   0.0  -6.0 :  621,311   -0.1   -4.2 
Feb 16    453,120   -0.6  -5.6:  1,130,286  -0.5  -6.0 :  621,755   -0.4   -4.2 
Jan 16    455,773   -2.4  -4.9:  1,135,979  -4.3  -6.1 :  624,097   -2.5   -3.7 
Dec 15    467,019   -1.4  -4.5:  1,187,486  -0.5   1.9 :  640,210   -0.2   -2.0 
Nov 15    473,836   -0.1  -4.0:  1,193,154   0.1   1.4 :  641,344   -0.3   -2.2 
Oct 15    474,362   -0.7  -4.8:  1,192,009   0.3   1.5 :  642,969   -0.2   -1.9 
Sep 15    477,659   -0.3  -5.0:  1,188,439  -0.5   1.6 :  644,149   -0.5   -1.7 
Aug 15    479,066   -0.9  -4.7:  1,194,184  -0.3   2.5 :  647,522   -0.4   -0.9 
Jul 15    483,362   -0.2  -4.9:  1,197,457   0.2   3.5 :  650,029   -0.3   -0.5 
Jun 15    484,363    0.6  -3.4:  1,195,217   0.0   8.7 :  651,751    0.3   -0.2 
May 15    481,347   -0.2  -3.2:  1,194,695  -0.5   9.8 :  649,972    0.1   -0.3 
Apr 15    482,323    0.0  -3.1:  1,200,999  -0.2  11.1 :  649,569    0.2    0.5 
Mar 15    482,432    0.5  -2.7:  1,203,506   0.1  12.4 :  648,373   -0.1    0.8 
Feb 15    479,810    0.1  -2.9:  1,202,563  -0.6  13.2 :  649,072    0.1    1.0 
Jan 15    479,363   -2.0  -2.0:  1,209,242   3.7  14.1 :  648,226   -0.7    1.6 
Dec 14    488,963   -0.9  -0.7:  1,165,551  -0.9  10.0 :  652,944   -0.4    2.6 
Nov 14    493,522   -1.0  -0.1:  1,176,381   0.2  11.2 :  655,786    0.0    3.5 
Oct 14    498,489   -0.9   1.8:  1,174,608   0.5  12.1 :  655,567    0.1    3.5 
Sep 14    503,045    0.1   2.9:  1,169,273   0.4  12.2 :  655,092    0.2    3.5 
Aug 14    502,690   -1.1   2.9:  1,164,929   0.6  12.8 :  653,641    0.1    3.5 
Jul 14    508,108    1.4   4.2:  1,157,460   5.3  12.2 :  653,068    0.0    3.7 
Jun 14    501,319    0.8   3.9:  1,099,238   1.0   6.7 :  652,952    0.2    3.9 
May 14    497,309   -0.1   2.8:  1,088,072   0.7   7.9 :  651,939    0.8    4.0 
Apr 14    497,946    0.4   4.0:  1,080,702   0.9   8.4 :  646,456    0.5    3.0 
Mar 14    495,965    0.4   2.9:  1,070,727   0.8   7.8 :  643,369    0.2    2.6 
Feb 14    494,165    1.1   1.0:  1,062,544   0.3   6.4 :  642,376    0.7    2.5 
Jan 14    488,957   -0.7   1.2:  1,059,604   0.0   7.1 :  637,904    0.2    2.0 
Dec 13    492,345   -0.3   2.0:  1,059,524   0.2   6.9 :  636,528    0.5    3.5 
Nov 13    493,874    0.8   2.2:  1,057,827   0.9   7.5 :  633,667    0.1    3.0 
Oct 13    489,734    0.1   1.7:  1,048,037   0.6   6.6 :  633,137    0.0    2.9 
Sep 13    489,018    0.1   1.8:  1,042,079   0.9   6.3 :  633,037    0.3    2.9 
Aug 13    488,582    0.2   2.4:  1,032,915   0.1   5.5 :  631,323    0.2    3.2 
Jul 13    487,829    1.1   2.0:  1,031,955   0.2   3.6 :  629,911    0.3    3.6 
Jun 13    482,308   -0.3   2.8:  1,029,877   2.1   4.2 :  628,178    0.2    4.0 
May 13    483,821    1.0   1.8:  1,008,418   1.2   2.4 :  626,936   -0.1    3.6 
Apr 13    478,947   -0.7   1.1:    996,628   0.3   1.2 :  627,523    0.1    3.6 
Mar 13    482,210   -1.5   1.6:    993,372  -0.6   0.7 :  626,838    0.0    3.2 
Feb 13    489,470    1.3   3.2:    998,960   0.9   1.3 :  626,538    0.2    3.6 
Jan 13    483,044    0.0   2.2:    989,589  -0.1   1.5 :  625,118    1.6    1.7 
Dec 12    482,840    0.0   5.1:    990,856   0.7   8.6 :  615,153    0.0    0.7 
Nov 12    483,057    0.3   5.9:    983,846   0.0   9.5 :  614,983    0.0    0.9 
Oct 12    481,734    0.3   5.9:    983,406   0.3  10.8 :  615,204    0.0    1.3 
Sep 12    480,401    0.7   6.1:    980,124   0.1  10.9 :  615,453    0.6    2.3 
Aug 12    477,115   -0.2   5.7:    979,304  -1.7  11.4 :  611,959    0.6    1.9 
Jul 12    478,169    1.9   6.0:    995,852   0.7  14.3 :  608,099    0.6    1.6 
Jun 12    469,382   -1.2   5.2:    988,660   0.4  14.5 :  604,221   -0.1    1.5 
May 12    475,187    0.3   7.2:    984,643   0.0  14.4 :  604,989   -0.1    2.0 
Apr 12    473,660   -0.2   6.8:    984,750  -0.1  15.4 :  605,878   -0.2    3.0 
Mar 12    474,690    0.1   7.0:    986,186   0.0  16.3 :  607,190    0.4    4.9 
Feb 12    474,382    0.4   9.8:    985,934   1.1  17.1 :  604,980   -1.6    5.8 
Jan 12    472,600    2.8   5.8:    974,867   6.8  17.3 :  614,564    0.6    9.7 
Dec 11    459,581    0.8   4.6:    912,507   1.5  10.6 :  610,815    0.2   10.6 
Nov 11    456,023    0.2   6.6:    898,844   1.3   8.8 :  609,632    0.4   11.9 
Oct 11    454,918    0.5   8.0:    887,233   0.4   7.9 :  607,016    0.9   12.5 
Sep 11    452,874    0.3   7.9:    884,132   0.6   8.3 :  601,587    0.1   12.8 
Aug 11    451,411    0.1   8.4:    878,731   0.9   9.1 :  600,709    0.3   13.8 
Jul 11    451,182    1.2   8.1:    871,117   0.9   8.3 :  598,758    0.6   13.9 
Jun 11    446,021    0.6   8.1:    863,541   0.3   7.4 :  595,119    0.4   14.2 
May 11    443,344    0.0   6.9:    860,748   0.9   7.2 :  592,935    0.8   13.9 
Apr 11    443,493    0.0   5.1:    853,164   0.6   6.5 :  588,509    1.7   12.7 
Mar 11    443,525    2.7   5.7:    848,319   0.7   6.3 :  578,687    1.2   11.5 
Feb 11    431,886   -3.4   5.6:    842,152   1.3   5.5 :  571,854    2.0   10.7 
Jan 11    446,860    1.7  16.0:    830,973   0.8  15.6 :  560,437    1.5   13.0 
Dec 10    439,364    2.7  14.8:    824,758  -0.2  14.9 :  552,135    1.4   11.7 
Nov 10    427,630    1.6  13.7:    826,383   0.5  14.1 :  544,583    0.9   10.0 
Oct 10    421,092    0.4  13.7:    822,064   0.7  12.7 :  539,681    1.1    9.2 
Sep 10    419,568    0.7  15.0:    816,371   1.3  11.3 :  533,549    1.1    8.6 
Aug 10    416,480   -0.2  15.6:    805,524   0.2   9.4 :  527,696    0.4    6.1 
Jul 10    417,504    1.2  15.7:    804,173   0.0   8.7 :  525,722    0.9    4.7 
Jun 10    412,660   -0.5  14.7:    803,897   0.1   8.5 :  520,897    0.1    2.8 
May 10    414,648   -1.8  17.3:    803,078   0.3   7.5 :  520,464   -0.4    1.6 
Apr 10    422,133    0.6  18.4:    800,948   0.4   6.9 :  522,387    0.6    1.1 
Mar 10    419,787    2.6  17.2:    797,869  -0.1   5.3 :  519,045    0.5   -0.7 
Feb 10    408,967    6.1  12.2:    798,552  11.1   3.6 :  516,707    4.2   -2.3 
Jan 10    385,325    0.7   5.2:    718,960   0.2  -8.3 :  495,778    0.3   -7.5 
Dec 09    382,727    1.8   1.8:    717,672  -0.9 -10.3 :  494,435   -0.2   -8.8 
Nov 09    376,048    1.6  -3.3:    724,054  -0.7 -10.9 :  495,268    0.2  -10.3 
Oct 09    370,294    1.5 -11.0:    729,336  -0.6 -11.1 :  494,397    0.6  -10.9 
Sep 09    364,973    1.3 -15.4:    733,747  -0.4 -11.4 :  491,229   -1.3  -12.0 
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 
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