Factory demand
Manufacturers' new orders
As of May 2026, manufacturers' new orders stands at 657,373 USD millions (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.
Current reading and trend
- Latest reading: 657,373 USD millions for May 2026.
- Prior period: 665,895 (Apr 2026), a decline of 8522.00.
- Compared with a year earlier, manufacturers' new orders is up 2.3%.
- Across the archived window the high was 665,895 in Apr 2026 and the low was 603,586 in Jul 2025.
- The series has moved down for 1 consecutive periods.
- 13 observations have been archived so far, and this page deepens automatically each time Federal Reserve, Census, BLS, and ATA via FRED publishes a new figure.
Recent observations
- May 2026: 657,373 USD millions
- Apr 2026: 665,895 USD millions
- Mar 2026: 632,650 USD millions
- Feb 2026: 621,304 USD millions
- Jan 2026: 619,352 USD millions
- Dec 2025: 619,137 USD millions
- Nov 2025: 621,859 USD millions
- Oct 2025: 605,401 USD millions
- Sep 2025: 612,874 USD millions
- Aug 2025: 611,464 USD millions
- Jul 2025: 603,586 USD millions
- Jun 2025: 611,471 USD millions
- May 2025: 642,533 USD millions
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.