por admin » Vie Sep 24, 2010 10:54 am
Las ordenes de bienes duraderos bajaron pero sin transporte subieron.
Se vieron mejoras en maquinaria, computadoras y metles fabricados de metal. Las ordenes de bienes duraderos que no tienen que ver con defensa subieron 4.1%
Durable-Goods Orders Drop
By DARRELL A. HUGHES And JEFF BATER
Demand for U.S. manufactured durable goods fell in August, held back by steep drops in airplanes and cars, but a key barometer of capital spending by businesses rose.
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.Durable-goods orders declined by 1.3% to a seasonally adjusted $191.17 billion, the Commerce Department said Friday. This is the biggest drop since August 2009.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires expected a 1.0% decline. Friday's report was mixed, as there were gains in machinery, computers and fabricated metal products. Also, orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft increased by 4.1%.
Still, overall transportation equipment orders dropped 10.3% in August -- restrained by a 40.3% decline in orders for nondefense aircraft and parts. Motor vehicles and parts were also down, falling 4.4%.
.The civilian aircraft category is volatile; orders in July rose 69.1% after a 25.3% drop in June. Outside transportation, orders for all other durables rose by 2.0% in last month.
The latest Institute for Supply Management manufacturing index moved to 56.3 in August, an increase from the 55.5 recording in July. Readings above 50 signal expansion.
A durable good is designed to last at least three years, such as a car. Year-to-date, durables are up 15.2%, in unadjusted terms, from the same period in 2009. Overall durables in July were seen higher, rising by a revised 0.7%; previously durables for that month were seen up 0.4%.
The August report suggested less demand for durables in the future, with unfilled manufacturers' orders decreasing 0.1%. Durable-goods shipments of manufacturers decreased by 1.5% last month.
Inventories, however, were up by 0.4%.
August capital goods orders were down by 0.9%. Nondefense capital goods, items meant to last 10 years or longer, also dropped 0.9%. Defense-related capital goods orders dropped by 1.5%. Excluding defense, all other durables decreased by 1.2% in August.
New Home Sales Stall
Sales of new homes in the U.S. came in below expectations during August, as consumers lacking a government tax incentive showed caution in the face of high unemployment.
Sales were unchanged from the previous month, remaining at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 288,000, the Commerce Department said Friday.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had estimated sales would climb in August, by 6.9% to 295,000.
July sales fell 7.7%, revised from an originally reported 12.4% drop.
Year-over-year, sales in August were down by 28.9%. Unadjusted, sales in 2009 totaled 375,000, which was 71% off the peak in 2005, when the market bubble was full-blown.
To spur the market, the Obama administration created a tax credit for first-time buyers last year. But the incentive ended in April and sales of new, and used, homes tumbled to new lows, with low mortgage rates and fallen prices unable to lure consumers past their fears of high joblessness in the U.S.
New-home inventories remained high in August, with a supply of 8.6 months at the current sales rate. The supply in July was revised to 8.7, from 9.1.
High inventories add more pressure to already depressed home prices. The median price for a new home was down year over year by 1.2%, to $204,700 from $207,100 in August 2009.
A steady decline in prices can hurt sales. Would-be buyers will wait for a better deal and some owners will keep their property off the market until prices rise.
Dropped prices can also hurt consumer spending, a pivotal part of the economy. Its softness explains why the recovery from the deep recession is slow and weak. Because many Americans have much of their net worth tied up in their homes, falling property prices mean lower real estate values and can cause owners to feel less wealthy, putting a chill on their spending.
Regionally, August new-home sales were mixed. Sales dropped 26.1% in the Midwest and 10.8% in the South.
Sales in the West surged by 54.3%, while sales in the Northeast jumped by 16.7%.