[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]
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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    430,426     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
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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.