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New orders for manufactured durable goods rose to $289.65B in July, the highest level since November, which represents a 9.9% increase from the previous month and better than the expected 4.0% growth.

We begin with summary data and analysis which we highlight in Figure 1. We recommend that readers pay particular attention to the percent rank of Month-on-Month (MoM) growth, MoM acceleration, and the ...