Durable goods orders excluding defense in the United States fell by 2.5% month-over-month in July 2025, following a revised 9.5% plunge in June and compared to market estimates of a 3.6% decline. Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense in the United States averaged 0.34 percent from 1992 until 2025, 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 -1.00 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 1.30 percent in 2026 and 0.80 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.