Consumers opened up their wallets again last month for more big-ticket items such as cars, appliances and office equipment last month, the Commerce Department reported today.
Orders for manufactured durable goods increased 1% to $165.7 billion last month, the second increase in the past three months.
Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.9% and excluding defense, new orders increased 0.5%.
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