Durable goods orders excluding defense in the United States decreased by 1.2% month-over-month in February 2026, after a downwardly revised 0.2% increase in January. Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense in the United States averaged 0.34 percent from 1992 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 29.30 percent in July of 2014 and a record low of -22.20 percent in August of 2014. source: U.S. Census Bureau
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense in the United States is expected to be 0.90 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense is projected to trend around 0.80 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.