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Enviado: 27/4/2005 14:448:30am 04/27/05 U.S. MARCH DURABLE GOODS INVENTORIES UP 0.4%
8:30am 04/27/05 U.S. MARCH CORE CAPITAL GOODS ORDERS DOWN 4.7%
8:30am 04/27/05 U.S. MARCH DURABLE GOODS SHIPMENTS DOWN 0.2%
8:30am 04/27/05 U.S. MARCH DURABLE GOODS ORDERS BIGGEST DROP IN 2.5 YRS
8:30am 04/27/05 DURABLE GOODS ORDERS BELOW EXPECTACTIONS OF UP 0.3%
8:30am 04/27/05 U.S. MARCH DURABLE GOODS ORDERS DOWN 2.8%
ECONOMIC REPORT: U.S. durable goods orders down 2.8%; Lower for three straight months after February revision
By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8:54 AM ET April 27, 2005
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. orders for durable goods declined 2.8% in March, the largest drop since September 2002, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.
Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had been expecting orders to rise 0.3%.
March thus marked the third decline in a row for durable-goods orders. Orders for durable goods in February were revised to a drop of 0.2% from a 0.3% increase.
In addition, shipments fell 0.2% in March after dropping by 1.8% in February.
Inventories rose 0.4% in March after increasing 0.7% in February.
Core orders -- capital equipment used by businesses -- dropped 4.7% after falling 2.5% in February. It was the largest decline since November 2003.
Shipments of core capital goods orders also dropped, falling for a second straight month.
The weakening in orders adds to concerns that the nation's manufacturing sector slowed after the Dec. 31 expiration of a special tax break for business investment goods. Regional reports on the manufacturing sector have been mixed for April.
However, the durable-goods report isn't likely to dissuade the Federal Open Market Committee from raising short-term interest rates for an eighth straight meeting next week. Analysts and market expectations are unanimous in forecasting a quarter-percentage-point increase in the federal funds rate, to 3%.
Transportation represented the biggest drop in March's orders, down 7.8%. Orders for civilian airplanes fell 22.7%, while orders for military aircraft dropped 35%.
Orders for motor vehicles, meanwhile, fell 2.4%. It was the third straight month that auto and truck orders fell.
All orders excluding transportation fell 1%, the second straight decline.
Orders for electronics increased 2.2% and orders for primary metals gained 1% -- the only major categories showing increases for March.
Orders for computers dropped 7.8%, while orders for communication equipment rose 5.1%.
New orders for machinery fell 7.6%, while shipments fell 2.8%.
Orders for defense capital goods increased 5.2% last month, the Commerce Department's data showed.
8:30am 04/27/05 U.S. MARCH CORE CAPITAL GOODS ORDERS DOWN 4.7%
8:30am 04/27/05 U.S. MARCH DURABLE GOODS SHIPMENTS DOWN 0.2%
8:30am 04/27/05 U.S. MARCH DURABLE GOODS ORDERS BIGGEST DROP IN 2.5 YRS
8:30am 04/27/05 DURABLE GOODS ORDERS BELOW EXPECTACTIONS OF UP 0.3%
8:30am 04/27/05 U.S. MARCH DURABLE GOODS ORDERS DOWN 2.8%
ECONOMIC REPORT: U.S. durable goods orders down 2.8%; Lower for three straight months after February revision
By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8:54 AM ET April 27, 2005
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. orders for durable goods declined 2.8% in March, the largest drop since September 2002, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.
Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had been expecting orders to rise 0.3%.
March thus marked the third decline in a row for durable-goods orders. Orders for durable goods in February were revised to a drop of 0.2% from a 0.3% increase.
In addition, shipments fell 0.2% in March after dropping by 1.8% in February.
Inventories rose 0.4% in March after increasing 0.7% in February.
Core orders -- capital equipment used by businesses -- dropped 4.7% after falling 2.5% in February. It was the largest decline since November 2003.
Shipments of core capital goods orders also dropped, falling for a second straight month.
The weakening in orders adds to concerns that the nation's manufacturing sector slowed after the Dec. 31 expiration of a special tax break for business investment goods. Regional reports on the manufacturing sector have been mixed for April.
However, the durable-goods report isn't likely to dissuade the Federal Open Market Committee from raising short-term interest rates for an eighth straight meeting next week. Analysts and market expectations are unanimous in forecasting a quarter-percentage-point increase in the federal funds rate, to 3%.
Transportation represented the biggest drop in March's orders, down 7.8%. Orders for civilian airplanes fell 22.7%, while orders for military aircraft dropped 35%.
Orders for motor vehicles, meanwhile, fell 2.4%. It was the third straight month that auto and truck orders fell.
All orders excluding transportation fell 1%, the second straight decline.
Orders for electronics increased 2.2% and orders for primary metals gained 1% -- the only major categories showing increases for March.
Orders for computers dropped 7.8%, while orders for communication equipment rose 5.1%.
New orders for machinery fell 7.6%, while shipments fell 2.8%.
Orders for defense capital goods increased 5.2% last month, the Commerce Department's data showed.