U.S. Durable Goods Orders Plunge 10.2%

Feb. 24, 2006
Owing partly to a steep decline in aircraft orders, U.S. durable goods orders plunged 10.2%. Despite the surprisingly sharp drop, analysts said the underlying trend for durable goods, a gauge of the health of manufacturing, remained strong. The decline ...

Owing partly to a steep decline in aircraft orders, U.S. durable goods orders plunged 10.2%. Despite the surprisingly sharp drop, analysts said the underlying trend for durable goods, a gauge of the health of manufacturing, remained strong.

The decline in orders for big-ticket items expected to last three years or more was the largest since July 2000 and far exceeded the 2% drop expected by economists.

Aircraft orders fell 68.2% in January after averaging more than three times the normal level from October through December. Total transportation orders fell 31.2%.

Orders were healthier elsewhere in the durable goods industries, but the performance was mixed across sectors. Excluding transportation goods, total orders rose 0.6%.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2006

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