[Economic Report of the President (1999)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS ACTIVITY


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Table B-59.--Manufacturers' new and unfilled orders, 1954-98
[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    492,893     469,381      23,512      3.51       4.30       .75
1993..................................    257,698     133,081       31,694     124,617    457,810     436,017      21,793      3.14       3.80       .71
1994..................................    279,733     149,542       35,697     130,191    466,699     440,998      25,701      2.92       3.50       .75
1995..................................    300,632     161,782       40,511     138,851    479,674     455,459      24,215      2.81       3.38       .68
1996..................................    312,442     169,711       44,631     142,730    513,062     487,441      25,621      2.93       3.49       .72
1997..................................    329,335     181,726       48,165     147,610    536,131     509,927      26,204      2.80       3.33       .69

1997:Jan..............................    323,321     176,705       45,919     146,616    517,233     491,842      25,391      2.94       3.50       .71
Feb...............................    325,819     179,495       47,009     146,324    521,778     496,803      24,975      2.90       3.46       .69
Mar...............................    320,729     174,950       45,288     145,779    521,807     496,249      25,558      2.89       3.42       .72
Apr...............................    324,449     177,171       44,763     147,278    520,617     494,897      25,720      2.85       3.36       .72
May...............................    322,213     175,823       45,110     146,390    520,570     494,971      25,599      2.87       3.41       .71
June..............................    326,998     180,714       47,617     146,284    521,450     495,647      25,803      2.82       3.34       .71

July..............................    328,799     180,460       47,731     148,339    518,918     492,623      26,295      2.78       3.29       .71
Aug...............................    333,083     185,624       47,903     147,459    523,751     497,693      26,058      2.84       3.36       .71
Sept..............................    334,091     185,557       49,303     148,534    524,420     498,284      26,136      2.77       3.27       .71
Oct...............................    334,576     185,410       50,450     149,166    526,675     500,469      26,206      2.80       3.32       .70
Nov...............................    342,310     193,621       58,759     148,689    537,581     511,299      26,282      2.85       3.39       .70
Dec...............................    334,974     184,635       47,027     150,339    536,131     509,927      26,204      2.80       3.33       .69

1998:Jan..............................    336,432     187,048       52,302     149,384    540,626     514,672      25,954      2.86       3.41       .68
Feb...............................    334,446     186,033       50,436     148,413    539,189     513,407      25,782      2.80       3.31       .69
Mar...............................    334,712     185,963       50,502     148,749    534,910     509,372      25,538      2.75       3.25       .68
Apr...............................    337,502     188,921       51,240     148,581    536,859     511,450      25,409      2.79       3.31       .67
May...............................    330,233     182,777       50,834     147,456    533,470     508,438      25,032      2.79       3.31       .66
June..............................    331,188     182,986       51,053     148,202    529,548     504,888      24,660      2.74       3.24       .65

July..............................    334,821     186,617       50,763     148,204    528,989     504,598      24,391      2.72       3.23       .64
Aug...............................    337,815     190,304       55,371     147,511    530,359     506,113      24,246      2.74       3.24       .65
Sept..............................    340,388     192,783       53,540     147,605    530,266     506,054      24,212      2.70       3.17       .66
Oct...............................    334,663     188,523       50,138     146,140    524,796     500,759      24,037      2.66       3.12       .65
Novp..............................    336,604     190,033       50,973     146,571    520,030     495,869      24,161      2.62       3.06       .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.