New Orders For Factory-Made Goods See Steepest Drop In Three Years

LA Times, phew, what a paper, NOT

OK, get congress to approve job creation by, hmmmmmmmm, repairing the infrastructure here in the US?

THAT teaRoari$t-led house™???

Although we wish...

Thats all...

We may be six weeks or so away from peak prices.

from other countries. I know the appliances we've bought lately can't hold a candle to the ones I bought in the 1960s/1970s. They are just simply junk along side of what was.
Even the revered old Singer sewing machines have become junk. I liked my old Singer treadle machine that was probably 40 years old when I got it used. It worked better than the new electric Singer I bought in the 1960s.
The only reason I bought an electric was because it could do zigzag stitches and I had 3 boys who created situations where a zigzag stitch would fix the tears.

The Maytag washer and dryer set I had lasted about 16 years. The only reason I got rid of them was because we had to go on the road for my husband's job.
The next ones I bought were old used ones which held up better than the new set I bought a few years ago.
I'll never buy Maytag again..their stuff is junk anymore.
Now just why would purchases of "durable" goods go down? Because those goods aren't durable anymore.

Isn't a trend.

When you look a both February and March combined it doesn't look nearly as bad suggesting something about the reporting calendar had an impact. Also note that the last steep decline was also in a March so seasonal factors could be at play as well. Now, it the trend continues in April it would start to be a concern. Also, transportation is very volitile although that is usually aircraft related. Just need to wait another month before getting too excited.

new and hired back. temp to full time, welders,assembly,and front office personal. the factory my daughter works just hired a supervisor from colorado.

but.. what exactly was going on in March? Oh yes.. tornadoes of massive proportions across a HUGE swath of the Country, and other weather of biblical proportions.