- Prior 3%
- Factory orders excl transport -2.0% from 0.3% prior
Feb factory orders revised down to 1.9% from 3%, excl transport to -0.7% from +0.3%
Durable goods revisions
- Goods -5.8% from -5.7% prior
- Non defence cap ex air +0.9% from +0.2% prior
- Ex defence -4.8% from -4.7% prior
- Durables excl transport -1.5% from -1.4% prior
Not a good print for orders and the dollar is softer because of it.
Decent revision in the durable goods non defence ex air up 0.7%. The sector is the main one for indicating business expansion
USD/JPY dips back below 99.00 briefly