Full Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders January 2010: “New orders for manufactured goods in January, up nine of the last ten months, increased $6.2 billion or 1.7 percent to $378.4 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 1.5 percent December increase. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.1 percent. Shipments, up seven of the last eight months, increased $1.0 billion or 0.3 percent to $383.7 billion. This followed a 1.8 percent December increase. Unfilled orders, up following fifteen consecutive monthly decreases, increased $0.1 billion to $717.8 billion. This followed a 0.9 percent December decrease. The unfilled orders-to-shipments ratio was 5.54, up from 5.44 in December. Inventories, up three of the last four months, increased $0.8 billion or 0.2 percent to $495.2 billion. This followed a 0.2 percent December decrease. The inventories-to-shipments ratio was 1.29, unchanged from
December.”