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    Durable Goods Shipments, Inventories and Orders in October 2014

    Written by Peter Wright


    Durable goods orders in October rose by 0.4 percent from September to $243.8 billion but the three month moving average (3MMA) declined by 7.1 percent. The problem with the 3MMA was that the huge surge in July which was driven by civil aircraft fell out of the calculation. The October result is close to the trend line that has pertained since the recession, (Figure 1).

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