Reply #5: here's a link to that Durable Goods Report [View All]

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http://www.forbes.com/markets/economy/newswire/2004/04/23/rtr1344653.html

TABLE-U.S. March durable goods orders rose 3.4 pct
WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Department
seasonally adjusted data on durable goods orders, with percent
changes from prior months.
PERCENT CHANGES: Mar Feb Jan
New Orders 3.4 3.8 -2.6
Ex-Transportation 3.3 1.1 0.7
Ex-Defense 3.8 3.2 -2.2
Manufacturing with
unfilled orders 3.2 3.9 -1.6
Primary Metals 7.2 3.8 4.4
Gen. Machinery 3.1 3.8 -4.5
Computers/Electronics 0.2 2.7 4.2
Computer/related unch 2.4 -8.7
Communications -8.6 6.5 64.8
Electrical/appliances 0.8 3.0 3.8
Transp. Equip. 3.6 11.0 -10.3
Motor vehicles/parts 3.6 6.0 -4.3
Nondefense aircraft/
parts 11.7 33.3 -32.5
Defense aircraft/
parts -27.7 50.4 -36.0
Capital goods 0.9 6.1 -3.5
NonDefense cap goods 2.1 4.5 -2.7
NonDefense cap goods
ex aircraft 2.4 2.8 -0.4
Defense cap goods -6.1 16.7 -8.1
PERCENT CHANGES: Mar Feb Jan
Total unfilled orders 0.8 0.8 unch
Total inventories 0.1 0.4 0.1
Total shipments 3.2 1.7 -1.0
Semiconductor shipments 1.7 3.5 7.4
BILLIONS OF DLRS: Mar Feb Jan
New Orders 192.712 186.416 179.506
Ex-Transportation 135.708 131.400 129.947
Ex-Defense 181.834 175.149 169.779
Manufacturing with
unfilled orders 136.072 131.867 126.901
Primary Metals 13.553 12.638 12.173
Gen. Machinery 24.549 23.807 22.935
Computers/Electronics 32.093 32.044 31.199
Computer/related 8.116 8.114 7.927
Communications 6.678 7.304 6.855
Electrical/appliances 8.888 8.819 8.563
Transp. Equip. 57.004 55.016 49.559
Motor vehicles/parts 40.590 39.174 36.940
Nondefense aircraft/
parts 6.126 5.483 4.114
Defense aircraft/
parts 2.626 3.634 2.417
Capital goods 72.189 71.533 67.409
NonDefense cap goods 62.492 61.208 58.564
NonDefense cap goods
ex aircraft 60.443 59.037 57.441
Defense cap goods 9.697 10.325 8.845
BILLIONS OF DLRS: Mar Feb Jan
Total unfilled orders 514.451 510.124 506.184
Total inventories 264.678 264.426 263.276
Total shipments 195.225 189.199 186.115
Semiconductor shipments 6.840 6.723 6.495
N/A - not available

PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PERCENT CHANGES:

Feb Jan Dec

Durable Goods 2.5 -2.6 1.7

Factory Orders 0.3 -0.9 1.8

FORECAST:

U.S. March durable goods orders +0.8 pct

U.S. March durables ex-transportation +1.1 pct

HISTORICAL COMPARISONS/NOTES:

U.S. MAR DURABLES EX-TRANSPORTATION RISE LARGEST SINCE
+3.8 PCT IN APRIL 2002

U.S. MAR DURABLES SHIPMENTS RISE LARGEST SINCE +3.5 PCT IN
APRIL 2002

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