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According
to the U.S.
Census Bureau, the value of manufactured-goods shipments increased $1.0
billion or 0.2% to $475.3 billion in November. Shipments of durable goods increased
$2.0 billion or 0.8% to $241.7 billion, led by transportation equipment.
Meanwhile, nondurable goods shipments decreased $1.0 billion or 0.4% to $233.6
billion, led by petroleum and coal products. Shipments of Wood rose 0.7% while
Paper fell 0.5%.
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Inventories
decreased $1.7 billion or 0.3% to $641.3 billion. The inventories-to-shipments
ratio was 1.35, down from 1.36 in October. Inventories of durable goods decreased
$1.3 billion or 0.3% to $395.3 billion, led by transportation equipment.
Nondurable goods inventories decreased $0.3 billion or 0.1% to $246.0 billion,
led by petroleum and coal products. Inventories of Wood expanded by 0.6% while Paper
contracted by 0.3%.
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New
orders decreased $1.1 billion or 0.2% to $472.2 billion. Excluding
transportation, new orders decreased 0.3% (and -5.7% YoY -- the 13th
consecutive month of year-over-year contractions). Durable goods orders decreased
less than $0.1 billion or virtually unchanged to $238.6 billion, led by primary
metals. New orders for nondurable goods decreased $1.0 billion or 0.4% to
$233.6 billion. New orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft --
a proxy for business investment spending -- receded by 0.3% in November (-0.9%
YoY).
Prior
to July 2014, as can be seen in the graph above, real (inflation-adjusted) new
orders had been essentially flat since early 2012, recouping on average 70% of the
losses incurred since the beginning of the Great Recession. With July 2014’s
transportation-led spike gradually receding in the rearview mirror, new orders are
back to 59% of their December 2007 high.
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Unfilled
durable-goods orders increased $1.9 billion or 0.2% to $1,193.9 billion, led by
transportation equipment. The unfilled orders-to-shipments ratio was 6.92, down
from 6.96 in October. Real unfilled orders, which had been
a good litmus
test for sector growth, show a much different picture; in real terms,
unfilled orders in June 2014 were back to 97% of their December 2008 peak. Real
unfilled orders jumped to 122% of the prior peak in July 2014, thanks to the
largest-ever batch of aircraft orders, but have since moved mostly sideways and
are now on the cusp of falling below the January 2010-to-June 2014 trend line.
The foregoing comments represent the
general economic views and analysis of Delphi Advisors, and are provided solely
for the purpose of information, instruction and discourse. They do not
constitute a solicitation or recommendation regarding any investment.
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