Factory demand

Manufacturers' New Orders

Name: Manufacturers' New Orders, U.S. manufacturing data
Creator: MFG Calcs
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

As of Jun 2026, manufacturers' new orders stands at $657B (Federal Reserve, Census, BLS, and ATA via FRED), rising over the recent window.

What this measures and why it matters

Manufacturers' New Orders is a demand-side signal for U.S. manufacturing: it says how much work is flowing through the sector. Reading it before committing to capacity, staffing, or inventory keeps those decisions aligned with where real order volume is heading.
The figure comes from Federal Reserve, Census, BLS, and ATA via FRED and is reported in USD millions. MFG Calcs archives every published value, so the chart and table below show the full recorded history rather than a single snapshot, and they extend automatically as new data lands.

Latest reading: $657B for Jun 2026.
Prior period: $657B (May 2026), a decline of 826.00.
Compared with a year earlier, manufacturers' new orders is up 7.4%.
Across the archived window the high was $666B in Apr 2026 and the low was $604B in Jul 2025.
The series has moved down for 2 consecutive periods.
14 observations have been archived so far, and this page deepens automatically each time Federal Reserve, Census, BLS, and ATA via FRED publishes a new figure.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.