05/24/2012 - 8:30am
New orders for manufactured durable goods in April 2012 increased 0.2 percent, to $215.5 billion. Excluding transportation, new orders fell 0.6 percent. Overall shipments rose 0.7 percent, while capital goods shipments decreased 1.4 percent. Unfilled orders declined 0.1 percent and inventories increased 0.3 percent in April.