US: Durable goods orders down for the first time in four months, but positive indications from capital goods

In September, US durable goods orders fell 0.4%, less than the expected -1.1% decline. The decline was the first after four months of increases, and followed the increase in August of + 1.3% (revised down from the + 1.8% initially reported).

Excluding the transport component, the indicator
it rose by 0.4%, as expected, strengthening with respect to the previous increase of 0.3%.

Orders for capital goods excluding the defense and aviation sector also rose by 0.8%, better than the + 0.5% estimated and accelerating compared to + 0.5% in August (figure revised downwards from +0.6 % initially reported).