Durable Goods New Orders – Long-Term Charts Through October 2012

Many people place emphasis on Durable Goods New Orders as a prominent economic indicator and/or leading economic indicator.

For reference, here are a few charts depicting this measure.

First, from the St. Louis Fed site (FRED), a chart through October, last updated on November 28.  This value is 216,948 ($ Millions) :

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Here is the chart depicting this measure on a “Percentage Change from a Year Ago” basis:

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Lastly, a chart from Doug Short’s post of November 27 titled “Durable Goods Orders for October:  Essentially Unchanged” showing the Durable Goods New Orders vs. the S&P500′s monthly average of daily closes:

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The Special Note summarizes my overall thoughts about our economic situation

SPX at 1416.46 as this post is written