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Moosepoop

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2. I don't understand this part

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2014, 01:47 PM

Dec 2014

Factory orders excluding the volatile transportation category dropped 1.4 percent in October after being flat for two straight months.

Unfilled orders at factories increased 0.4 percent in October. Order backlogs have increased in 18 of the last 19 months. Inventories edged up 0.1 percent, while shipments fell 0.8 percent.

New orders dropped, yes, but older orders remain unfilled. Why?

And could it be that new orders have dropped because the older ones remain unfilled?

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U.S. Factory Orders Fall For Third Straight Month [View all] Purveyor Dec 2014 OP

Decrease in US factory orders is one thing. Decrease in US factories is another. merrily Dec 2014 #1

I don't understand this part Moosepoop Dec 2014 #2

Depends on production environment whatthehey Dec 2014 #4

Thank you for the informative reply! Moosepoop Dec 2014 #5

Less and less people can afford what they are manufacturing? Elmer S. E. Dump Dec 2014 #3

Exactly what ARE all these "US manufactured goods", and why NorthCarolina Dec 2014 #6

US mfg is predominantly not focused on the retail consumer space n/t Psephos Dec 2014 #8

Classic pre-recession sign. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #7