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Factory Orders (MoM)

The Factory orders released by the US Census Bureau is a measure of the total orders of durable and non durable goods such as shipments (sales), inventories and orders at the manufacturing level which can offer insight into inflation and growth in the manufacturing sector. Normally, a high reading is seen as positive (or bullish) for the USD, while a low reading is seen as negative (or bearish).

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Most recent - Wednesday, 2 April 14:00

1.8%

Revised

1.8%

Forecast

0.5%

Actual

0.6%

Higher numbers than forecast tend to be bullish for USD/xxx pairs and bearish for xxx/USD pairs.

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Price

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Next event - Friday, 2 May 14:00

Forecast

Actual

The typical/expected impact on USD pairs is medium.

There is no forecast value for Factory Orders (MoM) yet - check back for updates.

Trading range

The trading range of EURUSD was 54 pips following the most recent Factory Orders (MoM).

Trading range after each Factory Orders (MoM) event

Forecast history

The most recent announced value for Factory Orders (MoM) was 0.6% against a forecast of 0.5%.

Past events

Date

Forecast

Actual

2 April 2025 14:00

0.5%

0.6%

5 March 2025 15:00

1.6%

1.7%

4 February 2025 15:00

-0.7%

-0.9%

6 January 2025 15:00

-0.3%

-0.4%

4 December 2024 15:00

0.2%

4 November 2024 15:00

-0.4%

-0.5%

3 October 2024 14:00

-0.2%

4 September 2024 14:00

4.7%

2 August 2024 14:00

-2.9%

-3.3%

3 July 2024 14:00

0.2%

-0.5%

4 June 2024 14:00

0.6%

0.7%

2 May 2024 14:00

1.6%

2 April 2024 14:00

1.4%

5 March 2024 15:00

-2.9%

-3.6%

2 February 2024 15:00

0.2%

5 January 2024 15:00

2.1%

2.6%

4 December 2023 15:00

-2.6%

-3.6%

2 November 2023 14:00

2.3%

2.8%

4 October 2023 14:00

0.3%

1.2%

5 September 2023 14:00

-0.1%

-2.1%

3 August 2023 14:00

2.2%

2.3%

5 July 2023 14:00

0.8%

0.3%

5 June 2023 14:00

0.5%

0.4%

2 May 2023 14:00

0.8%

0.9%

4 April 2023 14:00

-0.5%

-0.7%

6 March 2023 15:00

-1.8%

-1.6%

2 February 2023 15:00

2.2%

1.8%

6 January 2023 15:00

-0.9%

-1.8%

5 December 2022 15:00

0.7%

3 November 2022 14:00

0.3%

4 October 2022 14:00

0.3%

2 September 2022 14:00

0.2%

-1%

3 August 2022 14:00

1.1%

5 July 2022 14:00

0.5%

1.6%

2 June 2022 14:00

0.7%

0.3%

3 May 2022 14:00

1.1%

2.2%

Economic context

Recent economic data has been broadly neutral for USD. Other recent announcements which may affect the market's interpretation of the next Factory Orders (MoM) result:

		Previous	Latest
Average Hourly Earnings (MoM)	Bullish change	0.2%	0.3%
Average Hourly Earnings (YoY)	Bearish change	4%	3.8%
Labor Force Participation Rate	Bullish change	62.4%	62.5%
Nonfarm Payrolls	Bullish change	117K	228K
U6 Underemployment Rate	Bullish change	8%	7.9%
Unemployment Rate	Bearish change	4.1%	4.2%
ISM Services Employment Index	Bearish change	53.9	46.2
ISM Services New Orders Index	Bearish change	52.2	50.4
ISM Services PMI	Bearish change	53.5	50.8
ISM Services Prices Paid	Bearish change	62.6	60.9
S&P Global Composite PMI	(no change)	53.5	53.5
Initial Jobless Claims	Bullish change	225K	219K
Challenger Job Cuts	Bullish change	172.017K	275.24K
ADP Employment Change	Bullish change	84K	155K
ISM Manufacturing Employment Index	Bearish change	47.6	44.7
ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index	Bearish change	48.6	45.2
ISM Manufacturing PMI	Bearish change	50.3	49
ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid	Bullish change	62.4	69.4
JOLTS Job Openings	Bearish change	7.762M	7.568M
Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index	Bullish change	45.5	47.6
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index	Bearish change	57.9	57
UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectation	Bullish change	3.9%	4.1%
Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (MoM)	Bullish change	0.3%	0.4%
Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (YoY)	Bullish change	2.7%	2.8%
Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (MoM)	(no change)	0.3%	0.3%
Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (YoY)	(no change)	2.5%	2.5%
Personal Income (MoM)	Bullish change	0.7%	0.8%
Personal Spending	Bullish change	-0.3%	0.4%
Pending Home Sales (MoM)	Bullish change	-4.6%	2%
Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (QoQ)	Bearish change	2.7%	2.6%
Gross Domestic Product Annualized	Bullish change	2.3%	2.4%
Gross Domestic Product Price Index	Bearish change	2.4%	2.3%
Initial Jobless Claims	Bullish change	225K	224K
Personal Consumption Expenditures Prices (QoQ)	(no change)	2.4%	2.4%

About Factory Orders (MoM)

Country:	United States
Currency:	USD
Source:	US Census Bureau
Category:	Economic Activity
Frequency:	Monthly

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