US Koss corp capital goods orders show a slight increase, restrained by election-related investment hesitancy.

Last updated on September 26, 2024, 22:44 JST (excerpt).
In August, a 0.2% increase compared to the previous month, market expectation was 0.1% increase - the previous month was a 0.2% decrease.
Overall durable goods orders remain flat, with a slowdown in civilian aircraft orders.
In August's US durable goods orders statistics, capital goods orders showed only a slight increase. With the US elections and further declines in borrowing costs looming, it is suggested that companies are restraining their investments.

Excluding defense capital goods such as aircraft, orders for core capital goods increased by 0.2% compared to the previous month.
The median of economists' financial estimates increased by 0.1%.
The previous month was revised downward to a decrease of 0.2% (previously announced as a decrease of 0.1%).
The data has not been adjusted for inflation.
Overall durable goods orders remained unchanged from the previous month.
Market expectations show a decrease of 2.6%.
The previous month was revised upward to an increase of 9.9% (previously announced as an increase of 9.8%).
New orders excluding transportation equipment increased by 0.5%.