04/25/2012 - 8:30am
New orders for manufactured durable goods in March 2012 decreased 4.2 percent, to $202.6 billion. Excluding transportation, new orders fell 1.1 percent. Overall shipments rose 1.0 percent, while capital goods shipments increased 2.5 percent. Unfilled orders were virtually unchanged and inventories increased 0.4 percent.