New orders for manufactured goods in the US were unchanged from the previous month at $619.6 billion in February of 2026, contrasting slightly with the market expectations of a 0.2% decline to mark the second consecutive stall. Orders of durable goods sank by 1.3% to $315.9 billion due to the plunge in transportation equipment (-5.3% to $106.3 billion), mostly on nondefense aircraft and parts orders (-28.6% to $19.2 billion). This was offset by higher orders of machinery (1.7% to $41.2 billion), primary metals (2.4% to $28.7 billion), and fabricated metal products (0.5% to $42.8 billion). In turn, orders of nondurable goods rose by 1.5% to $303.7 billion.