[Economic Report of the President (1996)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Table B-55.--Manufacturers' new and unfilled orders, 1954-95
[Amounts in millions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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New orders\1\                          Unfilled orders\2\            Unfilled orders--shipments
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------             ratio\3\
Durable goods                                                     ---------------------------------
industries
Year or month                       ------------------------- Nondurable               Durable   Nondurable
Total                  Capital       goods      Total       goods       goods                Durable   Nondurable
goods     industries             industries  industries    Total      goods       goods
Total    industries,                                                           industries  industries
nondefense
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1954...............................     22,335      10,768  ...........      11,566     48,266      45,250       3,016      3.42       4.12        0.96
1955...............................     27,465      14,996  ...........      12,469     60,004      56,241       3,763      3.63       4.27        1.12
1956...............................     28,368      15,365  ...........      13,003     67,375      63,880       3,495      3.87       4.55        1.04
1957...............................     27,559      14,111  ...........      13,448     53,183      50,352       2,831      3.35       4.00         .85
1958...............................     27,193      13,387  ...........      13,805     46,609      43,807       2,802      3.02       3.62         .85
1959...............................     30,711      15,979  ...........      14,732     51,717      48,369       3,348      2.94       3.47         .92

1960...............................     30,232      15,288  ...........      14,944     44,213      41,650       2,563      2.71       3.29         .71
1961...............................     31,112      15,753  ...........      15,359     46,624      43,582       3,042      2.58       3.08         .78
1962...............................     33,440      17,363  ...........      16,078     47,798      45,170       2,628      2.64       3.18         .68
1963...............................     35,511      18,671  ...........      16,840     53,417      50,346       3,071      2.74       3.31         .72
1964...............................     38,240      20,507  ...........      17,732     64,518      61,315       3,203      2.99       3.59         .71
1965...............................     42,137      23,286  ...........      18,851     78,249      74,459       3,790      3.25       3.86         .79
1966...............................     46,420      26,163  ...........      20,258     96,846      93,002       3,844      3.74       4.48         .75
1967...............................     47,067      25,803  ...........      21,265    103,711      99,735       3,976      3.66       4.37         .73
1968...............................     50,657      28,051        6,314      22,606    108,377     104,393       3,984      3.79       4.58         .69
1969...............................     53,990      29,876        7,046      24,114    114,341     110,161       4,180      3.71       4.45         .69

1970...............................     52,022      27,340        6,072      24,682    105,008     100,412       4,596      3.61       4.36         .76
1971...............................     55,921      29,905        6,682      26,016    105,247     100,225       5,022      3.32       4.00         .76
1972...............................     64,182      35,038        7,745      29,144    119,349     113,034       6,315      3.26       3.85         .86
1973...............................     76,003      42,627        9,926      33,376    156,561     149,204       7,357      3.80       4.51         .91
1974...............................     87,327      46,862       11,594      40,465    187,043     181,519       5,524      4.09       4.93         .62
1975...............................     85,139      41,957        9,886      43,181    169,546     161,664       7,882      3.69       4.45         .82
1976...............................     99,513      51,307       11,490      48,206    178,128     169,857       8,271      3.24       3.88         .74
1977...............................    115,109      61,035       13,681      54,073    202,024     193,323       8,701      3.24       3.85         .71
1978...............................    131,629      72,278       17,588      59,351    259,169     248,281      10,888      3.57       4.20         .81
1979...............................    147,604      79,483       21,154      68,121    303,593     291,321      12,272      3.89       4.62         .82

1980...............................    156,359      79,392       21,135      76,967    327,416     315,202      12,214      3.85       4.58         .75
1981...............................    168,025      83,654       21,806      84,371    326,547     314,707      11,840      3.87       4.68         .69
1982...............................    162,140      78,064       19,213      84,077    311,887     300,798      11,089      3.84       4.74         .62
1983...............................    175,451      88,140       19,624      87,311    347,273     333,114      14,159      3.53       4.29         .69
1984...............................    192,879     100,164       23,669      92,715    373,529     359,651      13,878      3.60       4.37         .64
1985...............................    195,706     102,356       24,545      93,351    387,095     372,027      15,068      3.67       4.46         .68
1986...............................    195,204     103,647       23,983      91,557    393,412     376,622      16,790      3.59       4.40         .70
1987...............................    209,389     110,809       26,095      98,579    430,288     408,602      21,686      3.63       4.42         .83
1988...............................    227,026     121,445       30,729     105,581    471,951     450,002      21,949      3.64       4.45         .76
1989...............................    235,932     124,933       32,725     110,999    510,459     488,780      21,679      4.00       4.91         .78

1990...............................    240,646     123,556       32,254     117,090    524,846     502,914      21,932      4.14       5.13         .76
1991...............................    234,354     117,878       29,468     116,476    511,122     487,892      23,230      4.08       5.06         .81
1992...............................    241,545     122,614       29,653     118,932    475,304     452,383      22,921      3.46       4.21         .77
1993...............................    255,701     133,273       31,889     122,428    441,947     420,288      21,659      3.04       3.65         .72
1994...............................    281,953     151,878       37,530     130,074    456,838     431,305      25,533      2.87       3.43         .76

1994: Jan..........................    272,616     148,549       36,630     124,067    446,233     424,128      22,105      3.11       3.73         .74
Feb..........................    271,786     145,882       36,382     125,904    446,204     423,750      22,454      3.07       3.69         .74
Mar..........................    274,691     146,906       36,127     127,785    446,398     423,268      23,130      3.03       3.63         .76
Apr..........................    275,182     147,345       35,815     127,837    447,337     423,681      23,656      3.04       3.64         .77
May..........................    277,441     149,412       35,498     128,029    448,546     424,583      23,963      3.01       3.60         .76
June.........................    279,788     151,212       38,055     128,576    449,767     425,784      23,983      2.98       3.58         .76

July.........................    274,305     145,251       36,310     129,054    448,587     424,563      24,024      2.99       3.60         .75
Aug..........................    287,222     154,675       37,595     132,547    447,729     423,619      24,110      2.89       3.47         .73
Sept.........................    287,248     155,433       39,056     131,815    448,843     424,702      24,141      2.90       3.48         .74
Oct..........................    285,985     154,150       38,276     131,835    450,853     426,266      24,587      2.94       3.52         .76
Nov..........................    293,716     159,321       40,781     134,395    453,378     428,295      25,083      2.88       3.45         .76
Dec..........................    299,514     162,310       37,759     137,204    456,838     431,305      25,533      2.87       3.43         .76

1995: Jan..........................    301,724     164,507       41,785     137,217    460,772     434,733      26,039      2.85       3.41         .76
Feb..........................    300,804     163,338       42,055     137,466    463,020     436,865      26,155      2.86       3.42         .76
Mar..........................    299,625     163,042       42,628     136,583    464,208     438,336      25,872      2.85       3.41         .75
Apr..........................    293,069     155,553       40,072     137,516    461,984     435,919      26,065      2.86       3.44         .75
May..........................    297,046     159,502       43,115     137,544    461,937     435,809      26,128      2.82       3.38         .75
June.........................    296,754     159,031       42,964     137,723    459,979     434,012      25,967      2.78       3.34         .72

July.........................    293,863     156,130       40,233     137,733    460,368     434,223      26,145      2.84       3.42         .74
Aug..........................    301,903     164,082       41,676     137,821    459,250     434,109      25,141      2.74       3.30         .70
Sept p.......................    306,123     168,951       46,941     137,172    461,093     437,121      23,972      2.74       3.30         .67
Oct p........................    305,143     167,068       43,488     138,075    463,081     439,560      23,521      2.77       3.34         .66
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\1\ Annual data are averages of monthly not seasonally adjusted figures.
\2\ Seasonally adjusted, end of period.
\3\ Ratio of unfilled orders at end of period to shipments for period; excludes industries with no unfilled orders. Annual figures relate to seasonally
adjusted data for December.

Note.--Data beginning 1958 are not strictly comparable with earlier data.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.