US Capital Goods Orders Fall in October

New orders for U.S.-made capital goods unexpectedly fell for a second straight month in October, a sign that the economy lost some momentum early in the fourth quarter.

The Commerce Department said on Wednesday non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, declined 1.3 percent last month. That followed a 1.3 percent fall in September.

The drop in the so-called core capital goods orders suggested that a brisk pace of spending on equipment set in the third quarter ebbed early in the fourth quarter.

 
A sturdy pace of business spending on equipment helped the economy grow at a 3.9 percent annual pace in the third quarter.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected core capital goods orders to increase 1.0 percent last month.

via Reuters

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