Estados Unidos Pedidos De Bens Duráveis

New orders for manufactured durable goods in the US were loosely unchanged from the prior month in August of 2024, compared to the revised 9.8% surge in July which was the highest in four years, and contrasting sharply with market expectations of a 2.6% drop. The result challenged the growing pessimism over manufacturing activity in the United States, suggesting the current slowdown may be temporary. Orders expanded for fabricated metal products (0.6% to $36.602 billion) and machinery (0.5% to $37.884 billion), while those for transportation equipment loosely held last month’s surge (-0.8% to $101.243 billion, compared to 34.6% in July). Excluding transportation, new orders rose by 0.5%, well above expectations of a 0.1% increase. On the other hand, orders eased by 0.2% when excluding defense goods.