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Indicators/Topics/Business/Durable goods orders/United States

United States

Durable goods orders

New orders for durable manufactured goods.

IndicatorsGrowthDurable Goods Orders
BLSFREDBEA
Frequencymonthly · +2Transformlevel

Source: FRED · DGORDER

Stored official data

Durable Goods Orders in United States was 318.9K on March 1, 2026, higher by 2.7K (+0.8%) from the prior observation. Charted from monthly observations in mil. of $.

Latest$319K
MoM+0.85%
YoY+0.85%
10Y Avg$260K
Latest observationMarch 1, 2026
Model surprise+367.49

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Durable Goods Orders time series chart. Showing observations from February 1992 to March 2026. Latest value 318.9K.

Min$115K
Mean$208K
Max$344K
Latest observationMarch 1, 2026

Source evidence

Tier 1 - criticalU.S. macro backbone via St. Louis Fed; revision/vintage capable.Action: deepen nowExpected coverage: 800,000 series.
Source noteProvider health
SourceFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)
FRED
Native keyProvider-native identifier used to reconcile this country/provider series.
DGORDER
FreshnessDisplayed as stored official data.The provider-backed series is outside its expected freshness window, so this view should be refreshed before production use.Fetched: May 24, 2026.Latest observation flag: Estimated.
Stored · 2026-03-01
HistoryPoint-in-time data via the FRED ALFRED endpoint. Each request returns the values as they were published on the supplied vintage date.Vintage history is derived from FRED ALFRED's realtime_start/realtime_end query parameters.
Source-native vintage
ReuseCommercial use: dataset specific.Redistribution: review required.Do not treat FRED as an automatically reusable commercial-display source. Prefer direct BEA, BLS, Census, FRB, Treasury, and EIA feeds where possible.Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (DGORDER). Accessed 2026-05-24. Underlying-source rights may differ.
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82 · Acceptable
ComparabilityAggregator is not the statistical authority: Use the source agency, source code, and methodology link when citing or reconciling with official releases.Seasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.
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QualitySource authority: 82/100. Aggregator source: useful access layer, but official methodology remains with the originating agency.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 410 observations available; latest observation 2026-03-01; platform fetch 2026-05-24T23:55:31.577Z; release status estimated; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 100/100. Point-in-time data via the FRED ALFRED endpoint. Each request returns the values as they were published on the supplied vintage date.
4/6 strong
CitationDurable Goods Orders (FRED (St. Louis Fed): DGORDER, United States, retrieved May 24, 2026)
Retrieved May 24, 2026

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Series details

SourceFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)
CategoryGrowth
FrequencyMonthly
UnitMil. of $
Latest observationMarch 1, 2026
Platform last fetchMay 24, 2026
Transformslevel, mom, yoy
About this series

Manufacturers' New Orders: Durable Goods

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The reading right now

As of March 2026, Durable goods orders for United States stood at 318.9K. That is up 2.7K from the prior month. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 289.4K, ranging from a low of 252.6K in April 2021 to a high of 344.1K in May 2025. The current reading sits 60K above its trailing ten-year mean of 258.9K.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.