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8:30 AM ET, Apr 25, 2007
U.S. March durable-goods unfilled orders up 1.8%
U.S. March durable-goods inventories up 0.3%
U.S. March durable-goods shipments up 0.8%
U.S. March civilian aircraft orders up 37.6%
U.S. March core capital equipment orders up 4.7%
U.S. March durable-goods ex-transportation up 1.5%
U.S. March durable-goods orders up 3.4% vs. 2.5% expected

ECONOMIC REPORT: Capital spending bounces back in March; Durable-goods orders up 3.4% on big jump in aircraft bookings
By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch Last Update: 9:23 AM ET Apr 25, 2007

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Demand for U.S.-made durable goods increased 3.4% in March, led by orders for aircraft and capital equipment, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.
The increase was slightly higher than the 2.5% gain expected by economists surveyed by MarketWatch. February's increase was revised higher as well, to 2.4% from 1.7%.
It was the biggest increase in durable-goods orders since December.
Treasuries sold off on the robust data. Stock futures indicated a strong opening.
The market got it wrong, wrote Charles Dumas, an economist for Lombard Street Research.
"The durable goods orders data confirm that business cap-ex [capital spending] is front-running a U.S. hard landing."
"With capital spending having fallen in the final three quarters of 2006 and quite possibly again in the first quarter of this year, the bear camp will rationally assert that the trend is down," wrote Tony Crescenzi, chief bond market strategist for Miller Tabak & Co., in an email. "Armed with today's today, the bull camp will disagree and assert that a rebound is underway."
Boeing's order book was one big story in the March report. Orders for civilian aircraft zoomed 37.6% higher in March after a 102% gain in February, the government said. The aircraft giant said it booked orders for 119 planes in March compared with 57 in February.
Earlier Wednesday, Boeing Co. (BA :93.31, -0.36, -0.4%) reported its quarterly earnings increased 28% as its order backlog rose to a record $262 billion.
Excluding transportation goods, durable orders rose 1.5%.
The other big story in March: Demand for core capital equipment increased a robust 4.7% after a cumulative 8.5% decline in January and February. It was the biggest gain in this key gauge of business investment since September 2004.
Still, the first quarter was the weakest for core capital equipment orders since the 2001 recession, falling at a 15.3% annual rate.
The course of capital spending is a major question mark for the economic outlook ahead. Federal Reserve officials ratcheted up their concerns about capital spending in recent months.
Despite record profits, bulging corporate coffers and easy financing, capital spending had weakened over the past six months, joining the housing market as a major risk to the continued expansion of the economy.
Shipments of core capital equipment rose 0.7% in March after falling a cumulative 3.1% decline in January and February. Shipments feed directly into the calculation of gross domestic product.
Economists expect business investments in equipment to either decline again in the first quarter or to show a very small gain. The GDP numbers will be reported on Friday, with economists expecting a weak 1.8% reading.

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Shipments of durable goods increased 0.8% after two months of declines. Unfilled orders - an indication of future production and employment - rose 1.8%, with a bulk of the gains coming from transportation equipment. Inventories increased 0.3%.
Orders for transportation equipment rose 8%, led by aircraft. Shipments increased 2%. Orders for motor vehicles rose 3.3%.
Orders for machinery increased 4.2%. Shipments of machinery rose 2.5%.
Orders for computers and electronics (excluding semiconductors) fell 0.1%. Shipments (including semiconductors) dropped 3.4%.
Orders for electrical goods increased 2.5% while shipments rose 1.8%.
Orders for primary metals increased 2.5% and shipments rose 1.4%. Orders for fabricated metals increased 1.2% and shipments rose 0.6%.
Defense capital goods orders dropped 22.4% while shipments fell 2.7%. Excluding defense, durable-goods orders increased 4.5%.