TABLE B–59.—Manufacturers' new and unfilled orders, 1960–2001 [Amounts in millions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted] New orders1 Year or month Total Durable goods industries Total Capital goods, nondefense ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 6,314 7,046 6,072 6,682 7,745 9,926 11,594 9,886 11,490 13,681 17,588 21,154 21,135 21,806 19,213 19,624 23,669 24,545 23,982 26,094 31,108 32,988 33,331 30,471 31,524 ...... 40,681 45,175 51,011 54,066 60,697 Nondurable goods industries Unfilled orders2 Durable goods industries
Total
SIC: 4 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 NAICS: 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
4
30,232 31,112 33,440 35,511 38,240 42,137 46,420 47,067 50,657 53,990 52,022 55,921 64,182 76,003 87,327 85,139 99,513 115,109 131,629 147,604 156,359 168,025 162,140 175,451 192,879 195,706 195,204 209,389 228,270 239,572 244,507 238,805 248,212 ...... 249,649 270,566 291,293 303,179 321,585
15,288 15,753 17,363 18,671 20,507 23,286 26,163 25,803 28,051 29,876 27,340 29,905 35,038 42,627 46,862 41,957 51,307 61,035 72,278 79,483 79,392 83,654 78,064 88,140 100,164 102,356 103,647 110,809 122,076 126,055 125,583 119,849 126,308 ...... 131,653 147,728 159,888 168,297 180,975
14,944 15,359 16,078 16,840 17,732 18,851 20,258 21,265 22,606 24,114 24,682 26,016 29,144 33,376 40,465 43,181 48,206 54,073 59,351 68,121 76,967 84,371 84,077 87,311 92,715 93,351 91,557 98,579 106,194 113,516 118,924 118,957 121,905 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
44,213 46,624 47,798 53,417 64,518 78,249 96,846 103,711 108,377 114,341 105,008 105,247 119,349 156,561 187,043 169,546 178,128 202,024 259,169 303,593 327,416 326,547 311,887 347,273 373,529 387,196 393,515 430,426 474,154 508,849 531,131 519,199 492,893 458,396 433,853 442,658 459,123 500,050 525,176
41,650 43,582 45,170 50,346 61,315 74,459 93,002 99,735 104,393 110,161 100,412 100,225 113,034 149,204 181,519 161,664 169,857 193,323 248,281 291,321 315,202 314,707 300,798 333,114 359,651 372,097 376,699 408,688 452,150 487,098 509,124 495,802 469,381 458,396 433,853 442,658 459,123 500,050 525,176
1998 1999 2000 2000: Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2001: Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov
1 2 3 4 p
323,739 338,511 362,473 359,840 349,200 365,904 353,058 365,805 393,155 359,717 359,772 365,389 353,920 360,079 359,989 337,201 344,908 347,359 335,415 342,893 332,939 332,608 332,439 310,982 332,772 321,697
184,720 195,468 208,651 208,977 198,581 211,709 200,332 211,518 238,486 204,920 205,189 211,757 199,625 205,647 205,140 183,124 190,326 193,955 182,903 188,089 183,438 181,646 180,539 163,879 184,164 175,405
62,133 64,162 73,451 72,712 65,983 71,127 72,418 71,487 80,057 73,099 73,868 77,242 70,539 74,776 77,992 67,813 68,010 68,344 64,619 63,765 61,364 59,476 58,921 51,267 54,251 56,966
...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
510,220 530,844 600,036 534,318 535,717 544,772 542,444 548,679 580,460 581,441 583,103 590,496 588,495 594,736 600,036 589,687 586,612 586,485 582,869 578,495 574,112 568,176 563,172 552,581 556,502 551,229
510,220 530,844 600,036 534,318 535,717 544,772 542,444 548,679 580,460 581,441 583,103 590,496 588,495 594,736 600,036 589,687 586,612 586,485 582,869 578,495 574,112 568,176 563,172 552,581 556,502 551,229
Annual data are averages of monthly not seasonally adjusted figures. Seasonally adjusted, end of period.
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
Effective in 2001, data classified based on North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Data on NAICS basis available beginning 1992. Earlier 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; manuf new orders are the same as manufacturers' nondurable shipments. Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
–2001
usted] Unfilled orders2 Nondurable goods industries Unfilled orders—shipments ratio3 Durable Nondurabl goods e goods industrie industries s 3.29 3.08 3.18 3.31 3.59 3.86 4.48 4.37 4.58 4.45 4.36 4.00 3.85 4.51 4.93 4.45 3.88 3.85 4.20 4.62 4.58 4.68 4.74 4.29 4.37 4.47 4.41 4.43 4.46 4.85 5.15 5.07 4.30 4.84 4.34 3.98 3.82 4.08 3.95 0.71 0.78 0.68 0.72 0.71 0.79 0.75 0.73 0.69 0.69 0.76 0.76 0.86 0.91 0.62 0.82 0.74 0.71 0.81 0.82 0.75 0.69 0.62 0.69 0.64 0.68 0.70 0.83 0.76 0.77 0.76 0.79 0.75 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
Total
2,563 3,042 2,628 3,071 3,203 3,790 3,844 3,976 3,984 4,180 4,596 5,022 6,315 7,357 5,524 7,882 8,271 8,701 10,888 12,272 12,214 11,840 11,089 14,159 13,878 15,099 16,816 21,738 22,004 21,751 22,007 23,397 23,512 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
2.71 2.58 2.64 2.74 2.99 3.25 3.74 3.66 3.79 3.71 3.61 3.32 3.26 3.80 4.09 3.69 3.24 3.24 3.57 3.89 3.85 3.87 3.84 3.53 3.60 3.67 3.59 3.63 3.64 3.96 4.15 4.08 3.51 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ......
3.71 3.71 4.05 3.60 3.76 3.73 3.67 3.65 3.86 3.89 3.88 3.95 3.97 4.04 4.05 4.10 4.09 4.11 4.28 4.15 4.22 4.22 4.26 4.37 4.31 4.28
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gures relate to seasonally adjusted data for December.
basis available beginning 1992. Earlier data based on
anufacturers' nondurable goods; manufacturers' nondurable