USATODAY: Businesses stepped up their orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods in November. And a key category that signals business investment plans climbed at the fastest pace in 10 months.
The Commerce Department report issued Tuesday says orders for durable goods jumped 3.5% in November compared with October, when orders had fallen 0.7%. The increase was led by a 21.8% jump in demand for commercial aircraft, which can be volatile…
Core capital goods, a category that tracks business investment, rose 4.5%, the biggest gain since January. This category is seen as a gauge of business plans to expand and modernize and as a measure of business confidence… (more)
