[Economic Report of the President (2002)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-59.--Manufacturers' new and unfilled orders, 1960-2001
[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                         ------------------------    Non-                  Durable      Non-                             Non-
Total                  Capital     durable     Total       goods      durable               Durable   durable
goods,       goods               industries     goods      Total      goods      goods
Total       non-     industries                         industries            industries   indus-
defense                                                                         tries
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SIC: \4\
1960...................................     30,232      15,288  ..........      14,944     44,213      41,650       2,563      2.71       3.29      0.71
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

NAICS: \4\
1992...................................  .........  ..........  ..........  ..........    458,396     458,396  ..........  ........       4.84   .......
1993...................................    249,649     131,653      40,681  ..........    433,853     433,853  ..........  ........       4.34   .......
1994...................................    270,566     147,728      45,175  ..........    442,658     442,658  ..........  ........       3.98   .......
1995...................................    291,293     159,888      51,011  ..........    459,123     459,123  ..........  ........       3.82   .......
1996...................................    303,179     168,297      54,066  ..........    500,050     500,050  ..........  ........       4.08   .......
1997...................................    321,585     180,975      60,697  ..........    525,176     525,176  ..........  ........       3.95   .......
1998...................................    323,739     184,720      62,133  ..........    510,220     510,220  ..........  ........       3.71   .......
1999...................................    338,511     195,468      64,162  ..........    530,844     530,844  ..........  ........       3.71   .......

2000...................................    362,473     208,651      73,451  ..........    600,036     600,036  ..........  ........       4.05   .......

2000: Jan..............................    359,840     208,977      72,712  ..........    534,318     534,318  ..........  ........       3.60   .......
Feb..............................    349,200     198,581      65,983  ..........    535,717     535,717  ..........  ........       3.76   .......
Mar..............................    365,904     211,709      71,127  ..........    544,772     544,772  ..........  ........       3.73   .......
Apr..............................    353,058     200,332      72,418  ..........    542,444     542,444  ..........  ........       3.67   .......
May..............................    365,805     211,518      71,487  ..........    548,679     548,679  ..........  ........       3.65   .......
June.............................    393,155     238,486      80,057  ..........    580,460     580,460  ..........  ........       3.86   .......

July.............................    359,717     204,920      73,099  ..........    581,441     581,441  ..........  ........       3.89   .......
Aug..............................    359,772     205,189      73,868  ..........    583,103     583,103  ..........  ........       3.88   .......
Sept.............................    365,389     211,757      77,242  ..........    590,496     590,496  ..........  ........       3.95   .......
Oct..............................    353,920     199,625      70,539  ..........    588,495     588,495  ..........  ........       3.97   .......
Nov .............................    360,079     205,647      74,776  ..........    594,736     594,736  ..........  ........       4.04   .......
Dec..............................    359,989     205,140      77,992  ..........    600,036     600,036  ..........  ........       4.05   .......

2001: Jan..............................    337,201     183,124      67,813  ..........    589,687     589,687  ..........  ........       4.10   .......
Feb..............................    344,908     190,326      68,010  ..........    586,612     586,612  ..........  ........       4.09   .......
Mar..............................    347,359     193,955      68,344  ..........    586,485     586,485  ..........  ........       4.11   .......
Apr..............................    335,415     182,903      64,619  ..........    582,869     582,869  ..........  ........       4.28   .......
May..............................    342,893     188,089      63,765  ..........    578,495     578,495  ..........  ........       4.15   .......
June.............................    332,939     183,438      61,364  ..........    574,112     574,112  ..........  ........       4.22   .......

July.............................    332,608     181,646      59,476  ..........    568,176     568,176  ..........  ........       4.22   .......
Aug..............................    332,439     180,539      58,921  ..........    563,172     563,172  ..........  ........       4.26   .......
Sept.............................    310,982     163,879      51,267  ..........    552,581     552,581  ..........  ........       4.37   .......
Oct..............................    332,772     184,164      54,251  ..........    556,502     556,502  ..........  ........       4.31   .......
Nov ............................    321,697     175,405      56,966  ..........    551,229     551,229  ..........  ........       4.28   .......
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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.
\4\ Effective in 2001, data classified based on North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Data on NAICS basis available beginning 1992.
Earlier data based on Standard Industrial Classification (SIC).
Note.--Data beginning 1992 on NAICS basis not comparable with earlier data. Also, there are no unfilled orders for manufacturers' nondurable goods;
manufacturers' nondurable new orders are the same as manufacturers' nondurable shipments.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.