11/23/2011 - 8:30am
New orders for manufactured durable goods in October decreased 0.7 percent, to $197.7 billion. Excluding transportation, new orders rose 0.7 percent. Overall shipments rose 1.3 percent, while capital goods shipments decreased 0.6 percent. Unfilled orders rose 0.2 percent and inventories increased 0.5 percent.