{"id":5352,"date":"2013-08-28T21:40:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T21:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nex.vamtam.com\/?p=5352"},"modified":"2013-08-28T21:40:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T21:40:14","slug":"factory-orders-rise-as-aircraft-demand-soars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsic.us\/news\/factory-orders-rise-as-aircraft-demand-soars\/","title":{"rendered":"Factory Orders Rise As Aircraft Demand Soars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<p>The Commerce Departments said Thursday that factory orders increased 3 percent in June, a solid rebound after declining in May and April. But the gains largely came from a massive 131 percent jump in orders for civilian aircraft, a category that can be volatile on a monthly basis.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. manufacturing has been recovering from a slowdown in late 2015 caused by lower energy prices and a strong dollar that made American products more expensive overseas. Factories have responded with a relatively slight upturn in hiring. Manufacturers added a modest average of 8,833 jobs during the first six months of this year.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\tExcluding the transportation sector\n\t\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t.fl-node- h2.vamtam-heading * {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #1a31af !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t@MechanicalEngineering\n\t\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t.fl-node- h3.vamtam-heading * {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #1a31af !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>Excluding the transportation sector that includes aircraft, factory orders slipped 0.2 percent in June.Demand fell for computers and electronic products, while primary metals, machinery and motor vehicles eked out gains.<\/p>\n\t<p>Excluding the transportation sector that includes aircraft, factory orders slipped 0.2 percent in June.<\/p>\n<p>Demand fell for computers and electronic products, while primary metals, machinery and motor vehicles eked out gains.<\/p>\n<p>Other manufacturing indicators point to continued but cautious growth.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday that its index of factory activity fell 1.5 points to 56.3 in July. Still, any reading above 50 signals that manufacturers are expanding.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the Federal Reserve said that factory production advanced 0.2 percent in June and 1.2 percent over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Commerce Departments said Thursday that factory orders increased 3 percent in June, a solid...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsic.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsic.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsic.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsic.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsic.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsic.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsic.us\/news\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsic.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsic.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsic.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}