TABLE B–59.—Manufacturers' new and unfilled orders, 1954–2000 [Amounts in millions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted] New orders1 Durable goodsindustries Year or month Total Total 10,768 14,996 15,365 14,111 13,387 15,979 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 88,140 100,164 102,356 103,647 110,809 122,076 126,055 125,583 119,849 126,308 133,081 149,542 161,782 169,711 181,726 Capital goods industries, 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 31,694 35,697 40,511 44,631 48,165 Nondurable goods industries 11,566 12,469 13,003 13,448 13,805 14,732 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 98,579 106,194 113,516 118,924 118,957 121,905 124,617 130,191 138,851 142,730 147,610 Total Durable goods industries 45,250 56,241 63,880 50,352 43,807 48,369 41,650 43,582 45,170 50,346 61,315 74,459 93,002 99,735 104,393 110,161 100,412 100,225 113,034 149,204 181,519 161,664 169,857 193,323 248,281 291,321 315,202 314,707 300,798 333,114 359,651 372,097 376,699 408,688 452,150 487,098 509,124 495,802 469,381 436,017 440,998 455,459 487,441 509,927 Unfilled orders2
1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 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 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
22,335 27,465 28,368 27,559 27,193 30,711 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 99,513 115,109 131,629 147,604 156,359 168,025 162,140 175,451 192,879 195,706 195,204 209,389 228,270 239,572 244,507 238,805 248,212 257,698 279,733 300,632 312,442 329,335
48,266 60,004 67,375 53,183 46,609 51,717 44,213 46,624 47,798 53,417 64,518 78,249 96,846 103,711 108,377 114,341 105,008 105,247 119,349 156,561 187,043 169,546 178,128 202,024 259,169 303,593 327,416 326,547 311,887 347,273 373,529 387,196 393,515 430,426 474,154 508,849 531,131 519,199 492,893 457,810 466,699 479,674 513,062 536,131
1998 1999 1999: Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2000: Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct p
1 2 3
336,140 356,599 349,314 343,046 349,722 344,915 348,259 351,128 359,903 364,440 360,886 360,725 365,612 379,485 374,967 374,882 385,097 370,423 387,906 408,087 375,030 382,368 386,647 373,911
188,308 202,097 201,708 193,786 199,366 194,674 196,609 197,084 205,532 207,446 204,349 202,442 204,799 218,167 213,982 210,255 219,165 206,557 221,388 241,748 209,877 215,860 220,651 208,302
51,700 54,955 56,863 53,233 53,299 52,525 53,041 50,948 55,030 56,423 56,050 56,291 54,385 62,639 63,350 57,715 60,375 61,509 60,818 70,943 62,283 64,993 68,494 60,239
147,832 154,502 147,606 149,260 150,356 150,241 151,650 154,044 154,371 156,994 156,537 158,283 160,813 161,318 160,985 164,627 165,932 163,866 166,518 166,339 165,153 166,508 165,996 165,609
519,038 538,217 526,677 525,999 526,656 524,003 521,638 518,064 520,666 523,262 525,439 525,963 526,604 538,217 542,619 546,636 554,171 551,515 558,264 582,143 579,589 581,177 587,799 583,990
495,172 512,535 502,787 502,108 503,182 500,610 497,794 493,888 496,152 497,889 500,343 500,479 500,848 512,535 517,075 520,775 528,463 525,711 532,209 556,312 554,047 555,889 562,375 558,933
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 Note.—Data beginning 1958 are not strictly comparable with earlier data. Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.
–2000 Unfilled orders—shipments ratio3 Nondura Durable ble goods Total goods industrie industrie s s 3.42 3.63 3.87 3.35 3.02 2.94 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 3.14 2.92 2.81 2.93 2.80 4.12 4.27 4.55 4.00 3.62 3.47 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 3.80 3.50 3.38 3.49 3.33 0.96 1.12 1.04 0.85 0.85 0.92 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 0.71 0.75 0.68 0.72 0.69
sted] Unfilled orders2 Nondurable goods industries 3,016 3,763 3,495 2,831 2,802 3,348 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 21,793 25,701 24,215 25,621 26,204
23,866 25,682 23,890 23,891 23,474 23,393 23,844 24,176 24,514 25,373 25,096 25,484 25,756 25,682 25,544 25,861 25,708 25,804 26,055 25,831 25,542 25,288 25,424 25,057
2.61 2.57 2.67 2.67 2.64 2.63 2.59 2.57 2.55 2.53 2.58 2.57 2.54 2.57 2.57 2.61 2.59 2.58 2.56 2.64 2.67 2.65 2.69 2.70
3.07 3.01 3.14 3.15 3.10 3.08 3.03 3.01 2.98 2.95 3.02 2.99 2.97 3.01 2.99 3.05 3.03 3.01 2.98 3.08 3.12 3.09 3.14 3.15
0.64 0.66 0.64 0.64 0.64 0.63 0.64 0.65 0.65 0.67 0.67 0.68 0.67 0.66 0.66 0.67 0.65 0.66 0.66 0.65 0.65 0.64 0.65 0.64
gures relate to seasonally adjusted data for December.