[Economic Report of the President (1997)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Table B-57.--Manufacturers' new and unfilled orders, 1954-96
[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
-------------------------    Non-                               Non-                             Non-
Year or month                                       Capital      durable                Durable     durable               Durable   durable
Total                   goods        goods      Total       goods       goods      Total      goods      goods
Total    industries,  industries             industries  industries            industries   indus-
non-                                                                           tries
defense
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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    387,196     372,097      15,099      3.67       4.47       .68
1986..................................    195,204     103,647       23,982      91,557    393,515     376,699      16,816      3.59       4.41       .70
1987..................................    209,389     110,809       26,094      98,579    430,468     408,732      21,736      3.64       4.43       .83
1988..................................    228,270     122,076       31,108     106,194    474,192     452,192      22,000      3.64       4.46       .76
1989..................................    239,572     126,055       32,988     113,516    508,853     487,104      21,749      3.96       4.86       .77

1990..................................    244,507     125,583       33,331     118,924    531,115     509,106      22,009      4.15       5.15       .76
1991..................................    238,805     119,849       30,471     118,957    519,143     495,735      23,408      4.08       5.07       .79
1992..................................    248,212     126,308       31,525     121,905    493,104     469,542      23,562      3.51       4.30       .75
1993..................................    257,698     133,081       31,693     124,617    458,161     436,286      21,875      3.15       3.80       .71
1994..................................    279,560     149,505       35,847     130,055    469,450     443,610      25,840      2.96       3.56       .76
1995..................................    298,092     160,214       41,302     137,877    480,128     456,048      24,080      2.84       3.43       .67

1995:Jan..............................    297,252     160,467       39,549     136,785    472,304     446,055      26,249      2.91       3.50       .75
Feb...............................    296,723     159,332       39,753     137,391    474,822     448,233      26,589      2.93       3.53       .76
Mar...............................    296,210     159,598       40,244     136,612    475,495     449,015      26,480      2.91       3.51       .75
Apr...............................    291,333     154,156       38,143     137,177    473,672     446,981      26,691      2.92       3.53       .75
May...............................    295,891     157,854       41,412     138,037    474,312     447,528      26,784      2.89       3.49       .74
June..............................    294,233     156,300       40,246     137,933    471,668     445,060      26,608      2.84       3.44       .73

July..............................    293,595     155,476       37,976     138,119    471,362     444,428      26,934      2.89       3.50       .75
Aug...............................    298,670     160,400       39,532     138,270    470,224     444,203      26,021      2.82       3.41       .71
Sept..............................    302,744     165,364       44,880     137,380    472,214     447,286      24,928      2.82       3.41       .69
Oct...............................    301,467     162,792       41,310     138,675    473,857     449,372      24,485      2.85       3.44       .68
Nov...............................    302,155     162,492       44,279     139,663    475,257     450,504      24,753      2.83       3.42       .69
Dec...............................    306,155     167,520       47,586     138,635    480,128     456,048      24,080      2.84       3.43       .67

1996:Jan..............................    307,151     167,355       46,163     139,796    488,594     464,278      24,316      2.95       3.57       .68
Feb...............................    302,648     163,146       44,555     139,502    498,479     465,506      23,973      2.91       3.52       .67
Mar...............................    305,091     165,519       46,613     139,572    493,924     470,648      23,276      2.95       3.57       .65
Apr...............................    307,001     163,472       40,487     143,529    492,922     469,505      23,417      2.91       3.51       .65
May...............................    314,194     170,287       44,979     143,907    495,913     472,305      23,608      2.89       3.47       .66
June..............................    312,139     169,994       42,921     142,145    499,201     475,397      23,804      2.91       3.51       .66

July..............................    317,304     172,402       45,935     144,902    504,105     480,025      24,080      2.94       3.54       .67
Aug...............................    310,575     166,267       41,172     144,308    501,833     477,821      24,012      2.91       3.51       .67
Sept..............................    318,515     173,811       47,515     144,704    505,188     480,927      24,261      2.91       3.50       .68
Octp..............................    321,887     174,900       47,482     146,987    511,565     487,003      24,562      2.97       3.56       .69
Novp..............................    320,490     172,319       43,917     148,171    513,775     488,476      25,299      2.94       3.51       .70
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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.