The slightly better than expected 0.1% m/m rise in durable good orders in August is largely explained by an inexplicably small decline in commercial aircraft bookings. Otherwise, the modest rebounds in core capital goods (ex. aircraft) orders and shipments suggest that, as we expected given the recent improvement in the activity surveys, the growth rate of investment in equipment is beginning to recover.
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