[Economic Report of the President (1998)] [Administration of William J. Clinton] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-59.--Manufacturers' new and unfilled orders, 1954-97 [Amounts in millions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98,579 430,426 408.688 21,738 3.63 4.43 .83 1988.................................. 228,270 122,076 31,108 106,194 474,154 452.150 22,004 3.64 4.46 .76 1989.................................. 239,572 126,055 32,988 113,516 508,849 487,098 21,751 3.96 4.85 .77 1990.................................. 244,507 125,583 33,331 118,924 531,131 509,124 22,007 4.15 5.15 .76 1991.................................. 238,805 119,849 30,471 118,957 519,199 495,802 23,397 4.08 5.07 .79 1992.................................. 248,212 126,308 31,524 121,905 493,184 469,654 23,530 3.51 4.30 .75 1993.................................. 257,698 133,081 31,694 124,617 458,245 436,442 21,803 3.15 3.80 .70 1994.................................. 279,733 149,542 35,697 130,191 467,369 441,677 25,692 2.93 3.51 .75 1995.................................. 300,353 161,469 40,561 138,885 482,605 458,520 24,085 2.84 3.43 .67 1996.................................. 314,197 169,963 43,913 144,234 517,647 491,911 25,736 2.96 3.54 .71 1996: Jan............................. 308,892 168,420 45,260 140,472 491,058 466,577 24,481 2.94 3.56 .69 Feb............................. 303,957 163,553 43,748 140,404 491,925 467,657 24,268 2.92 3.52 .68 Mar............................. 306,561 166,267 45,608 140,294 496,820 473,156 23,664 2.96 3.58 .66 Apr............................. 308,467 164,329 39,593 144,138 495,810 471,989 23,821 2.91 3.51 .66 May............................. 315,764 171,209 44,488 144,555 498,327 474,417 23,910 2.88 3.46 .67 June............................ 313,081 170,382 41,982 142,699 501,356 477,275 24,081 2.91 3.51 .67 July............................ 318,488 173,087 45,044 145,401 505,993 481,600 24,393 2.94 3.53 .68 Aug............................. 311,958 167,204 40,314 144,754 504,097 479,844 24,253 2.91 3.50 .67 Sept............................ 319,894 175,113 46,931 144,781 508,020 483,542 24,478 2.92 3.50 .68 Oct............................. 322,392 175,015 46,293 147,377 513,951 489,189 24,762 2.97 3.56 .70 Nov............................. 322,400 173,636 43,081 148,764 517,055 491,399 25,656 2.94 3.52 .71 Dec............................. 316,898 170,016 43,162 146,882 517,647 491,911 25,736 2.96 3.54 .71 1997: Jan............................. 323,864 175,803 45,094 148,061 521,786 496,311 25,475 2.98 3.57 .71 Feb............................. 326,537 178,872 46,264 147,665 525,356 500,321 25,035 2.93 3.49 .69 Mar............................. 321,146 173,944 44,505 147,202 523,579 498,041 25,538 2.90 3.44 .71 Apr............................. 325,544 177,112 43,751 148,432 522,214 496,671 25,543 2.86 3.40 .71 May............................. 324,042 176,443 44,211 147,599 522,689 497,214 25,475 2.89 3.44 .71 June............................ 329,554 181,584 47,211 147,970 523,928 498,111 25,817 2.84 3.36 .71 July............................ 331,138 181,679 47,412 149,459 522,171 495,963 26,208 2.80 3.32 .71 Aug............................. 335,040 186,195 47,987 148,845 527,033 501,027 26,006 2.85 3.38 .71 Sept............................ 336,264 186,210 48,625 150,054 527,931 501,741 26,190 2.78 3.30 .70 Oct............................. 336,631 186,028 49,930 150,603 530,498 504,167 26,331 2.82 3.35 .70 Nov p........................... 345,136 195,518 58,770 149,618 543,295 516,888 26,407 2.89 3.44 .70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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.