Durable Goods New Orders – Long-Term Charts Through February 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 February, last updated on March 28.  This February value is 211,765 ($ Millions) :

(click on charts to enlarge images)

-

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

-

Lastly, a chart from Doug Short’s post of March 28 titled “Durable Goods Orders at 2.2%, Below Expectations” showing the Durable Goods New Orders vs. the S&P500's monthly average of daily closes:

_____

The Special Note summarizes my overall thoughts about our economic situation

SPX at 1393.26 as this post is written