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*DJ US Factory Orders +0.9% In Nov; Consensus +1.3% 01/04/2007 Dow Jones News Services (Copyright © 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires 01-04-07 1000ET Copyright (c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. *DJ Nov Factory Orders, Excluding Transportation, -0.5% (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires 01-04-07 1000ET Copyright (c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. *DJ Nov Factory Orders, Excluding Defense, +0.1% (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires 01-04-07 1000ET Copyright (c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. *DJ Nov Durable Goods Revised To +1.6% From +1.9% (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires 01-04-07 1000ET Copyright (c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. *DJ Oct Factory Orders Revised To -4.5% From -4.7% (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires 01-04-07 1000ET Copyright (c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. =DJ DATA SNAP: US Nov Factory Orders Up Less Than Expected ========================================================= US Factory Orders ! ! Nov Oct ! Consensus: ! Total Orders: +0.9% -4.5%r ! +1.3% ! Ex-Transportation: -0.5% -0.9%r ! Actual: ! Durable Goods: +1.6%r -8.1%r ! +0.9% ! ========================================================= WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--U.S. factory orders bounced back during November from a big drop, but the rebound was smaller than expected and driven partly by soaring military aircraft demand. Factory-goods orders increased 0.9%, the Commerce Department said Thursday. October orders fell 4.5%; bookings were originally estimated 4.7% lower. The increase in orders during November for expensive, durable goods, designed to last at least three years, was revised lower, and a yardstick for business spending fell again. The 0.9% advance during November in overall factory goods orders came short of expectations on Wall Street, which had been looking for a 1.3% increase. The manufacturing sector slowed at the end of 2006. Surging summer energy prices chilled consumer demand, leading to a pileup in inventories. A particularly sore spot for the sector has been the automotive industry, afflicted by falling sales and a consequent drop in output. On a positive note for factories, the Institute for Supply Management reported Wednesday its index of manufacturing activity for December pulled out of negative territory, turning in a reading of 51.4 following a contractionary 49.5 in November. Readings above 50 indicate manufacturing sector expansion for that month; below 50 suggests a decline in overall activity. The private research group report contains a gauge measuring inventories and it fell to 48.4. The drop, the fourth sub-50 reading in a row for the inventory gauge, indicated factories are reducing their stockpiles; some economists, however, say overall inventories in the economy might still be too heavy. Thursday's government data showed durable-goods orders rose 1.6% in November, revised down from a 1.9% advance previously estimated in a report issued two weeks ago. Orders for goods designed to endure less than three years were flat in November, after dipping 0.1% in October. Non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft - a key barometer of investment by businesses - fell 1.1%, after a 4.0% drop in October. Consumer-goods orders advanced by 0.6% in November a second month in a row. Consumer durable goods orders were 0.4% higher; consumer non-durables increased 0.6%. Demand for transportation-related goods rose 8.2%. Non-defense aircraft and parts increased 0.8%. Orders for motor vehicle bodies and parts retreated 2.4%. But defense aircraft and parts orders soared 43.6%. Ships and boats also surged, up 40.8%. Minus transportation orders, overall factory orders would have been 0.5% lower. Demand increased 7.7% for computers and electronic products and 0.5% for fabricated metals. Orders dropped 2.2% for electrical equipment and appliances, 8.9% for machinery, and 2.8% for primary metals. Capital goods orders were 2.5% higher in November. Demand for all non-defense capital goods - business equipment meant to last 10 years or more - decreased 1.1%. Defense capital goods rose 34.8%. Excluding defense, all other durable goods increased 0.1% in November. The report showed factory shipments inched up 0.1% in November. Inventories increased 0.2%. Unfilled orders, a sign of future demand, advanced by 1.7%. |
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