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New orders for defense aircraft and parts increased $33 million, or 0.7 percent, to $4.44 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for communications equipment manufacturing, nondefense decreased $26 million, or 0.8 percent, to $3.39 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for motor vehicle bodies, trailers and parts decreased $390 million, or 1.3 percent, to $28.74 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for electric lighting equipment manufacturing increased $25 million, or 2.6 percent, to $1 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for consumer durable goods increased $1.34 billion, or 3.3 percent, to $41.70 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for other electronic component manufacturing remained near the same, at $4.13 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

Inventories for businesses in the textile products industry decrease $25 million, or 0.7 percent, to $3.4 billion in December, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

New orders for aluminum and nonferrous metal products increased $153 million, or 1.9 percent, to $8.23 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for mining, oil and gas field machinery manufacturing increased $42 million, or 3 percent, to $1.44 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

The estimated sales for furniture and home furnishings stores for February 2020 was $9.1 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

The estimated sales for used merchandise stores for January 2020 was $1.3 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

New orders for industrial machinery manufacturing decreased $129 million, or 3.8 percent, to $3.23 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for transportation equipment increased $5.30 billion, or 6.4 percent, to $88.74 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for turbines, generators and other power transmission equipment decreased $75 million, or 1.9 percent, to $3.84 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for other electronic component manufacturing remained near the same, at $4.13 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for metalworking machinery manufacturing increased $336 million, or 14.1 percent, to $2.72 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for ships and boats increased $4.30 billion, or 147.7 percent, to $7.20 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft decreased $371 million, or 0.6 percent, to $66.45 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for construction materials and supplies decreased $609 million, or 1.2 percent, to $51.91 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.

New orders for construction machinery manufacturing decreased $343 million, or 11.5 percent, to $2.65 billion in February, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report which was released in June.