Factory orders post 1.7 percent January rise (AP)

Orders to U.S. factories posted the biggest increase in four months in January, led by a surge in demand for commercial aircraft. The increase was another sign that manufacturing is helping to support the economic recovery.

Orders to U.S. factories posted the biggest increase in four months in January, led by a surge in demand for commercial aircraft. The increase was another sign that manufacturing is helping to support the economic recovery.

Orders to factories posted the biggest increase in four months in January, led by a surge in demand for commercial aircraft.

The consumer is coming back. Manufacturers are seeing the pick-up in spending growth as reason to expand production NEW YORK/LONDON — Manufacturing in China and the United States grew this month at the fastest pace in about two years while data suggesting German growth picked up boosted hopes for a swifter eurozone recovery.

WASHINGTON — Orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods recorded their biggest drop in seven months in March and a gauge of planned business spending rose modestly, adding to signs of a slowdown in factory activity. Durable goods orders slumped 5.7% as demand fell almost across the board, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday. The drop last month in orders for these goods, which range from toasters to aircraft, followed a revised 4.3% increase in February.

The words for the day once again are "unexpectedly declined". I have a couple of examples. The New York Times reports U.S. Factory Orders Fall Unexpectedly New orders for factory goods unexpectedly fell in the United States in June, a fresh sign that the slowdown in the country’s manufacturing sector will probably stretch into the second half of the year.

Orders to U.S. companies rose 2.8 percent in July, reflecting a surge in demand for autos and commercial aircraft. But in a troubling sign of manufacturing weakness, a key orders category that tracks business investment plans fell by the largest amount in eight months.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us