Economic Indicators

US factory orders fall more than expected in June

2024.08.02 10:58

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods fell more than expected in June, but business spending on equipment was solid as was initially estimated, government data showed on Friday.

Factory orders dropped 3.3% after slipping 0.5% in May, the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast factory orders falling 2.9%.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People work at Saitex's factory, which experiments with new robots to cut the cost of making blue jeans, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Timothy Aeppel/File Photo

The government also reported that orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, which are seen as a measure of business spending plans on equipment increased 0.9% in June, slightly revised down from the 1.0% reported last month.

Nondefense capital goods orders plunged 22.5%, instead of 22.4%, as initially estimated.



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