New orders for U.S.-manufactured durable goods increased 0.3% in June to a seasonally adjusted $334.8 billion, according to advance data released July 27 by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Orders have increased in three of the past four months. June’s gain followed a revised 4.0% decline in May, when volatile transportation equipment orders pulled the headline figure lower.
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Excluding transportation equipment, June orders increased 0.6% from May. Orders excluding defense equipment rose 0.3%, while orders for manufacturers with unfilled orders increased 0.6%.
Computers and electronic products led the monthly increase, with orders rising 3.1%. Within that category, orders for communications equipment increased 0.7%, while computers and related products gained 0.2%.
Orders for primary metals increased 1.1%, and electrical equipment, appliances and components orders rose 0.9%. Meanwhile, fabricated metal products orders declined 0.5%, and machinery orders dipped 0.1%.
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Transportation equipment orders decreased 0.2% overall. Nondefense aircraft and parts orders increased 3.7% following a 51.1% May decline, but remained down sharply from a year earlier. Motor vehicles and parts orders fell 0.6%, while defense aircraft and parts orders declined 7.2%.
Core capital goods orders — nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft, a closely watched indicator of business equipment investment — increased 0.9% in June. They were up 14.3% year over year and 9.3% during the first six months of 2026.
Overall durable goods orders were 8.9% higher than in June 2025 on a nonseasonally adjusted basis. Year-to-date orders increased 6.7%, with gains across most major product categories.
Durable Goods New Orders
| Product Category | June MoM | June YoY | 2026 YTD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durable goods total | +0.3% | +8.9% | +6.7% |
| Excluding transportation | +0.6% | +13.0% | +8.7% |
| Excluding defense | +0.3% | +7.3% | +5.1% |
| Manufacturing with unfilled orders | +0.6% | +9.1% | +6.9% |
| Primary metals | +1.1% | +21.5% | +13.3% |
| Fabricated metal products | -0.5% | +12.3% | +8.4% |
| Machinery | -0.1% | +17.2% | +11.5% |
| Computers and electronic products | +3.1% | +17.6% | +13.9% |
| Computers and related products | +0.2% | +15.4% | +20.0% |
| Communications equipment | +0.7% | +39.2% | +33.7% |
| Electrical equipment, appliances and components | +0.9% | +7.6% | +6.5% |
| Transportation equipment | -0.2% | +1.9% | +3.2% |
| Motor vehicles and parts | -0.6% | +13.6% | +10.4% |
| Nondefense aircraft and parts | +3.7% | -32.3% | -24.4% |
| Defense aircraft and parts | -7.2% | +40.7% | +20.8% |
| All other durable goods | +0.2% | +5.1% | +2.2% |
| Capital goods | +1.1% | +4.1% | +4.8% |
| Nondefense capital goods | +1.2% | -0.4% | -0.4% |
| Nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft | +0.9% | +14.3% | +9.3% |
| Defense capital goods | +0.5% | +30.3% | +41.1% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders Survey, June 2026 advance report. Month-over-month changes are seasonally adjusted. Year-over-year and year-to-date changes are based on nonseasonally adjusted data.
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