Highlights
The Econoday consensus looks for total durable goods orders down a whopping 11.0 percent. Ex-aircraft is seen up 0.1 percent and core capital goods up 0.2 percent, not a bad showing. The Trump administration has been touting a very strong showing in core capital goods as evidence that its campaign to onshore manufacturing is working. Critics have been saying uncertainty over the trade regime has frozen capex. The trend in core capital goods orders bears watching.