[Economic Indicators October, 1997]
[Page Number 21]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS

In August, manufacturers' shipments fell; inventories and new and 
unfilled orders rose. According to advance data for September, 
manufacturers' durable shipments rose and new orders fell.
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                                                          Manufacturers' shipments \1\     Manufacturers' inventories \2\           Manufacturers' new orders \1\                               
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                                                                                                                                            Durable goods                   Manufac-    turers' 
                                                                                                                                      ------------------------               turers'     inven- 
                        Period                                      Durable   Nondurable              Durable   Nondurable                          Capital    Nondurable   unfilled     tory-- 
                                                          Total      goods       goods      Total      goods       goods      Total                  goods        goods    orders \2\  shipments
                                                                                                                                         Total    industries,                             ratio 
                                                                                                                                                   nondefense                             \3\   
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(10)Millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted, except                                                                                                                                            
 as noted                                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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1987 .................................................    206,326    108,128      98,198    338,109    220,799     117,310    209,389    110,809      26,094       98,579    430,426        1.59
1988 .................................................    224,619    118,458     106,161    369,374    242,468     126,906    228,270    122,076      31,108      106,194    474,154        1.57
1989 .................................................    236,698    123,158     113,540    391,212    257,513     133,699    239,572    126,055      32,988      113,516    508,849        1.63
1990 .................................................    242,686    123,776     118,910    405,073    263,209     141,864    244,507    125,583      33,331      118,924    531,131        1.65
1991 .................................................    239,847    121,000     118,847    390,950    250,019     140,931    238,805    119,849      30,471      118,957    519,199        1.65
1992 .................................................    250,394    128,489     121,905    382,547    238,166     144,381    248,212    126,308      31,524      121,905    493,184        1.54
1993 .................................................    260,635    135,886     124,749    384,138    239,404     144,734    257,698    133,081      31,694      124,617    458,245        1.48
1994 .................................................    279,002    149,131     129,870    405,028    253,691     151,337    279,733    149,542      35,697      130,191    467,369        1.41
1995 .................................................    299,116    160,101     139,015    429,089    265,915     163,174    300,353    161,469      40,561      138,885    482,605        1.41
1996 .................................................    311,265    167,166     144,099    434,434    271,329     163,105    314,197    169,963      43,913      144,234    517,647        1.39
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1996:Aug .............................................    313,854    168,960     144,894    431,647    270,537     161,110    311,958    167,204      40,314      144,754    504,097        1.38
      Sept ...........................................    315,971    171,415     144,556    432,674    270,794     161,880    319,894    175,113      46,931      144,781    508,020        1.37
      Oct ............................................    316,461    169,368     147,093    434,038    271,616     162,422    322,392    175,015      46,293      147,377    513,951        1.37
      Nov ............................................    319,296    171,426     147,870    435,200    272,198     163,002    322,400    173,636      43,081      148,764    517,055        1.36
      Dec ............................................    316,306    169,504     146,802    434,434    271,329     163,105    316,898    170,016      43,162      146,882    517,647        1.37
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1997:Jan .............................................    319,725    171,403     148,322    435,743    272,652     163,091    323,864    175,803      45,094      148,061    521,786        1.36
      Feb ............................................    322,967    174,862     148,105    437,873    274,170     163,703    326,537    178,872      46,264      147,665    525,356        1.36
      Mar  ...........................................    322,923    176,224     146,699    438,560    274,633     163,927    321,146    173,944      44,505      147,202    523,579        1.36
      Apr ............................................    326,909    178,482     148,427    441,508    276,992     164,516    325,544    177,112      43,751      148,432    522,214        1.35
      May ............................................    323,567    175,900     147,667    443,460    278,084     165,376    324,042    176,443      44,211      147,599    522,689        1.37
      June............................................    328,315    180,687     147,628    444,823    279,166     165,657    329,554    181,584      47,211      147,970    523,928        1.35
      July r..........................................    332,895    183,827     149,068    446,602    280,800     165,802    331,138    181,679      47,412      149,459    522,171        1.34
      Aug p...........................................    330,780   r181,429     149,351    448,963    282,350     166,613    335,886   r186,808     r47,900      149,078    527,277        1.36
      Sept p..........................................  .........    185,250  ..........  .........  .........  ..........  .........    185,733      48,635   ..........  ..........  .........
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    \1\ Annual data are averages of 
monthly not seasonally adjusted 
figures; monthly data are seasonally 
adjusted totals for month. Shipments 
are the same as sales.
    \2\ Seasonally adjusted, end of 
period.
    \3\ Annual data are averages of 
seasonally adjusted monthly ratios.

    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.