Manufacturer's Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
December 2012 new orders for manufactured durable goods increased 1.8 percent, to $484.8 billion. Shipments rose 0.4 percent, to $484.9 billion. Unfilled orders increased 0.8 percent, to $991.7 billion. And inventories rose 0.1 percent, to $615.5 billion.