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

United States

Durable goods orders

New orders for durable manufactured goods.

IndicatorsBusinessDurable goods orders - United States
BLSFREDBEA
Frequencymonthly · +2Transformlevel

Source: FRED · EA19PRMNCG02IXOBM

Stored official data

Durable goods orders - United States in United States was 115.6 on October 1, 2023, higher by 3.7 (+3.3%) from the prior observation. Charted from monthly observations in index 2015=100.

Latest115.60
MoM+3.31%
YoY-6.17%
10Y Avg106.71
Latest observationOctober 1, 2023
Model surprise-1.20

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Durable goods orders - United States time series chart. Showing observations from January 1990 to October 2023. Latest value 115.6.

Min50.30
Mean117.44
Max156.60
Latest observationOctober 1, 2023

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.
EA19PRMNCG02IXOBM
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 25, 2026.Latest observation flag: Preliminary.
Stored · 2023-10-01
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 (EA19PRMNCG02IXOBM). Accessed 2026-05-25. Underlying-source rights may differ.
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80 · 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. 406 observations available; latest observation 2023-10-01; platform fetch 2026-05-25T01:09:05.115Z; release status none; 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.
3/6 strong
CitationDurable goods orders - United States (FRED (St. Louis Fed): EA19PRMNCG02IXOBM, United States, retrieved May 25, 2026)
Retrieved May 25, 2026

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Series details

SourceFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)
CategoryBusiness
FrequencyMonthly
UnitIndex 2015=100
Latest observationOctober 1, 2023
Platform last fetchMay 25, 2026
Transformslevel, mom, yoy, index 100
About this series

Production: Manufacturing: Consumer Goods: Durable Goods for Euro Area (19 Countries)

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Adjacent and similar concepts available for United States.

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The reading right now

As of October 2023, Durable goods orders for United States stood at 115.6. That is up 3.7 from the prior month. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 107.4, ranging from a low of 50.3 in April 2020 to a high of 125.8 in March 2023. The current reading sits 10.8 above its trailing ten-year mean of 104.8.

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