By Spencer;
The new data that durable goods orders jumped 4.9% from June to July is a nice indicator that the economy is bottoming and it clearly beat expectations. Yes, a large part of the jump was civilian aircraft orders that tend to be lumpy, but even excluding civilian aircraft orders jumped
1.9% month to month.
On a smoothed basis non-defense capital goods orders -- a good leading indicator of capital spending in the GDP accounts is also showing nice gains. The compound three month growth rate for the total is 41%, and excluding aircraft it is 15.5%.
With all the news on the deficit, health care, etc., etc., the normal sources seem to be overlooking this report.
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