U.S. Aug factory orders fell 0.8 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | October 2, 2003

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U.S. Aug factory orders fell 0.8 pct
Thursday October 2, 10:03 am ET

   WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) -  U.S. Commerce Department
seasonally adjusted data on U.S. factory orders, shipments and
unfilled  orders.
ORDERS-PCT CHANGES:          Aug    July   June
 New Orders                 -0.8    2.0    1.9
  Ex-Transportation         -0.5    2.4    1.3
  Ex-Defense                -1.7    2.2    1.9
 Manufacturing with                        
  unfilled orders            0.4    0.7    2.3
 Durables                   -1.1    1.6    2.5
 Primary Metals              0.9    2.7   -0.5
 General Machinery          -1.0    3.4    2.7
 Computers/Electronics       0.2    2.6    3.7
 Electrical Equipment                      
 Appliances                  1.1   -0.6    2.0
 Transport Equipment        -2.3   -0.2    5.1
NonDefense aircraft         -9.3  -11.0   37.6
Defense aircraft             9.4  -18.5  -15.2
Ships/boats                115.0  -12.2    8.9
 NonDurables                -0.5    2.4    1.1
 Computers and related                     
  products                  -1.9    3.5    3.4
 Motor vehicles/parts       -7.7    6.1    3.3
 NonDefense Cap             -2.3    1.5    3.6
 NonDefense Cap                            
  ex aircraft               -1.1    0.5    1.9
 Defense Cap                37.0  -11.3    4.9
 Durables NonDefense        -2.9    2.1    2.6
 Unfilled-Durables           0.6   -0.3    0.3
  SHIPMENTS-PCT CHANGES:     Aug    July   June
 Total                      -1.8    2.6    1.5
 Durables                   -2.9    2.8    1.7
 Semiconductor shipments    21.1  -12.8    0.1
  INVENTORIES-PCT CHANGES:   Aug    July   June
 Total                      -0.2   -0.4   -0.3
 Computers and related                     
  products                   0.9   -3.2    2.4
 Motor vehicles and parts    0.6   -0.4   -0.9
ORDERS-BLNS OF DLRS:          Aug       July      June
 New Orders                 327.825   330.551   324.098
  Ex-Transportation         276.831   278.351   271.793
  Ex-Defense                315.992   321.517   314.511
 Manufacturing with                                 
  unfilled orders           122.499   122.062   121.162
 Durables                   173.125   175.064   172.237
 Primary Metals              10.979    10.885    10.598
 General Machinery           20.989    21.191    20.502
 Computers/Electronics       30.145    30.085    29.328
 Electrical Equipment                               
 Appliances                   8.437     8.342     8.389
 Transport Equipment         50.994    52.200    52.305
NonDefense aircraft           5.037     5.555     6.242
Defense aircraft              3.495     3.196     3.920
Ships/boats                   4.016     1.868     2.127
 NonDurables                154.700   155.487   151.861
 Computers and related                              
  products                    8.019     8.171     7.896
 Motor vehicles/parts        35.350    38.303    36.095
 NonDefense Cap              56.870    58.188    57.351
 NonDefense Cap                                     
  ex aircraft                54.433    55.017    54.728
 Defense Cap                 10.234     7.468     8.417
 Durables NonDefense        161.292   166.030   162.650
 Unfilled-Durables          488.945   485.959   487.360
  SHIPMENTS-BLNS DLRS:        Aug       July      June
 Total                      331.254   337.248   328.643
 Durables                   176.554   181.761   176.782
 Semiconductor shipments      6.415     5.296     6.076
  INVENTORIES-BLNS DLRS:      Aug       July      June
 Total                      439.707   440.767   442.666
 Computers and related                              
  products                    6.141     6.088     6.289
 Motor vehicles and parts    20.406    20.290    20.378
  INVENTORIES/SHIPMENTS RATIO:   Aug    July
.                             1.33   1.31  
 PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PERCENT CHANGES:
.                 Aug   July   June
 Factory Orders   N/A    1.6    1.9
 Durable Goods   -0.9    1.5    2.5
  N/A-not available
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of economists forecast:
 U.S. Aug factory orders -0.2 pct
NOTES:
The inventories/shipments ratio is a measure of the number
of months it takes to deplete inventories at the current pace of
shipments.
 General machinery includes groups such as industrial, farm,
construction, mining and metalworking.
 Initial orders for August durable goods were issued on Sept.
25.

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The full Commerce Dept report is at Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders: August 2003

That's three manufacturing reports confirming a decline after 3 months of rising; Chicago NAPM, ISM, and now Factory Orders.

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Fyi...

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Hi mom!

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The economy is slowing, not getting better.

Richard W.

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The factories in asia, in communist china, are booming!! Factory orders up, hiring up, office building up, etc. There is no recession. We are in the midst of is the greatest boom in the history of the world. China and India expect to hire tens of millions in the next decade - and they will. They cant build offices and factories fast enough.

.... thanks to the free traders who prefer to hire chinese commies instead of americans. YOu can judge a persons(free traders) morals by the kind of people with whom they prefer to deal with.