Factory orders fell 4.7 percent
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New orders at U.S. factories fell 4.7 percent in October, the biggest fall in more than six years and marking the third drop in four months, while inventories rose again suggesting growing slack in the economy, a government report said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods plunged in October by the largest amount in more than six years, in another sign of a slowing economy.
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UK manufacturers' costs fall more than expected in January and at the fastest annual pace in more than four years.
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Orders placed with US factories fell for the first time in four months, the Commerce Department said Monday, with demand dropping sharply for commercial airplanes and parts.
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Factory orders for costly manufactured goods in July recorded the biggest gain in four months. New-homes sales, meanwhile, slid, according to a pair of reports that offered a mixed picture of economic activity.
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Factory production shrank in December  for the first time in nearly a year as tighter lending  conditions and a slowing economy took their toll, according to  a national survey published on Wednesday.
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New orders for long-lasting  U.S.-made manufactured goods took their sharpest tumble in  seven months during August, the Commerce Department reported on  Wednesday as demand weakened across nearly every category of  durable good.
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New orders at factories rose a  smaller-than-expected 0.3 percent in April, the weakest showing  since January, on a sharp drop in aircraft orders, a Commerce  Department report showed on Monday.
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New orders for U.S.-made durable  goods tumbled an unexpectedly large 4.8 percent in April while  mortgage applications fell last week, a pair of soft economic  reports showed on Wednesday.
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New orders at U.S. factories fell by  a smaller-than-expected 0.6 percent in July, lead by sharp  declines in orders for transportation and defense goods.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Richmond Fed's manufacturing index fell to -4 in Dec. from zero in Nov. The shipments index declined 9 points to -10 while new orders sank 5 points to -6. But the factory jobs index rose to 5 from -1. Richmond-area factories were upbeat, but not as much as in Nov.
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Overall, factory orders declined by 0.1 percent in August, following an increase of 1.7 percent in July.
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U.S. manufacturing unexpectedly contracted in January to its slowest pace since April 2003 as new orders, inventories and production fell, according to a survey published on Thursday.
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Japanâs machinery orders fell in December, signaling that economic growth may slow this year as companies scale back spending on factories and equipment. Non-government machinery orders, excluding shipping and utilities, declined a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent from November, the Cabinet Office said.
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Demand for big-ticket manufactured goods plunged in August by the largest amount in seven months, with widespread weakness signaling a slowdown in the nationâs industrial sector.
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Orders to U.S. factories posted a weaker-than-expected gain in April as declines in demand for cars, planes and boats offset strength in business investment.
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New orders at U.S. factories tumbled by a greater-than-expected 5.6 percent in January, the biggest decline in more than six years, on a big drop in aircraft orders, a Commerce Department report showed on Tuesday.