[Economic Report of the President (2006)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-59.--Manufacturers' new and unfilled orders, 1965-2005
[Amounts in millions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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New  orders\1\                        Unfilled  orders\2\           Unfilled orders--shipments
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------            ratio\2\
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: \3\
1965...................................     42,137      23,286  ..........      18,851     78,249      74,459       3,790      3.25       3.86      0.79
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: \3\
1992...................................  .........  ..........  ..........  ..........  .........     450,975  ..........  ........       4.85   .......
1993...................................    246,668     128,672      40,681  ..........  .........     425,833  ..........  ........       4.35   .......
1994...................................    266,641     143,803      45,175  ..........  .........     434,941  ..........  ........       4.01   .......
1995...................................    285,542     154,137      51,011  ..........  .........     447,487  ..........  ........       3.86   .......
1996...................................    297,282     162,399      54,066  ..........  .........     488,915  ..........  ........       4.15   .......
1997...................................    314,986     174,377      60,697  ..........  .........     513,202  ..........  ........       4.04   .......
1998...................................    317,345     178,327      62,133  ..........  .........     496,385  ..........  ........       3.78   .......
1999...................................    329,770     187,674      64,392  ..........  .........     505,750  ..........  ........       3.74   .......

2000...................................    346,789     193,881      69,278  ..........  .........     549,646  ..........  ........       4.03   .......
2001...................................    326,435     174,786      58,232  ..........  .........     511,596  ..........  ........       4.21   .......
2002...................................    318,008     168,636      52,442  ..........  .........     468,123  ..........  ........       4.05   .......
2003...................................    329,219     175,729      54,847  ..........  .........     505,626  ..........  ........       4.06   .......
2004...................................    361,177     193,220      61,073  ..........  .........     547,944  ..........  ........       3.94   .......

2004: Jan..............................    336,711     178,428      53,765  ..........  .........     505,686  ..........  ........       4.10   .......
Feb..............................    337,355     181,483      53,813  ..........  .........     506,979  ..........  ........       4.09   .......
Mar..............................    361,145     198,500      62,962  ..........  .........     516,232  ..........  ........       3.99   .......
Apr..............................    354,388     190,119      58,295  ..........  .........     519,325  ..........  ........       4.03   .......
May..............................    356,415     189,787      59,396  ..........  .........     523,228  ..........  ........       4.05   .......
June.............................    359,932     192,190      59,679  ..........  .........     526,286  ..........  ........       4.00   .......

July.............................    364,652     194,903      66,582  ..........  .........     532,903  ..........  ........       4.00   .......
Aug..............................    367,598     195,435      61,282  ..........  .........     535,674  ..........  ........       3.99   .......
Sept.............................    364,352     195,221      62,490  ..........  .........     538,394  ..........  ........       4.01   .......
Oct..............................    366,812     192,479      60,162  ..........  .........     538,987  ..........  ........       4.01   .......
Nov..............................    375,215     198,917      65,347  ..........  .........     545,701  ..........  ........       4.07   .......
Dec..............................    375,820     202,454      66,430  ..........  .........     547,944  ..........  ........       3.94   .......

2005: Jan..............................    372,642     196,602      64,908  ..........  .........     545,812  ..........  ........       3.90   .......
Feb..............................    374,908     199,682      66,527  ..........  .........     549,247  ..........  ........       3.98   .......
Mar..............................    376,107     195,930      63,297  ..........  .........     547,243  ..........  ........       3.92   .......
Apr..............................    376,033     196,839      66,012  ..........  .........     546,771  ..........  ........       3.93   .......
May..............................    391,656     211,256      78,376  ..........  .........     559,106  ..........  ........       3.99   .......
June.............................    395,324     215,339      76,688  ..........  .........     574,800  ..........  ........       4.09   .......

July.............................    385,553     203,708      70,886  ..........  .........     580,753  ..........  ........       4.18   .......
Aug..............................    396,767     211,602      73,722  ..........  .........     589,978  ..........  ........       4.12   .......
Sept.............................    391,151     207,416      67,293  ..........  .........     594,816  ..........  ........       4.19   .......
Oct..............................    397,614     213,767      71,771  ..........  .........     603,370  ..........  ........       4.16   .......
Nov p............................    407,711     223,073      85,809  ..........  .........     621,432  ..........  ........       4.27   .......
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\1\ Annual data are averages of monthly not seasonally adjusted figures.
\2\ Unfilled orders are seasonally adjusted, end of period. Ratios are unfilled orders at end of period to shipments for period (excludes industries
with no unfilled orders). Annual ratios relate to seasonally adjusted data for December.
\3\ Effective in 2001, data classified based on North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Data on NAICS basis available beginning 1992.
Earlier data based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC).
Data on SIC basis include semiconductors. Data on NAICS basis do not include semiconductors.

Note.--For data beginning 1992 on NAICS basis, since there are no unfilled orders for manufacturers' nondurable goods, manufacturers' nondurable new
orders and nondurable shipments are the same (see Table B-58).

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.