Title: Ratio of Unfilled Orders to Shipments, Manufacturers of Durable Goods for United States Series ID: M06063USM163SNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Ratio Date Range: 1953-01-01 to 1968-09-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 1:51 PM CDT Notes: The Durable Goods Components Of This Series Are Partly Unpublished. In Computing The Ratio, The Value Of Shipment Of Those Durable Goods Industries (Metal Containers; Wooden Containers; Metal Cans, Barrels, And Drums; And Motor Vehicle Assembly Operations) Which Have No Unfilled Orders Backlogs, Was Subtracted From The Value Of Total Durable Shipments. Source: Business Cycle Developments, September 1968 This NBER data series m06063 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 6 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter06.html. NBER Indicator: m06063 DATE VALUE 1953-01-01 6.19 1953-02-01 6.05 1953-03-01 6.01 1953-04-01 5.87 1953-05-01 5.91 1953-06-01 6.07 1953-07-01 5.67 1953-08-01 5.73 1953-09-01 5.55 1953-10-01 5.37 1953-11-01 5.50 1953-12-01 5.46 1954-01-01 5.11 1954-02-01 5.04 1954-03-01 4.89 1954-04-01 4.72 1954-05-01 4.66 1954-06-01 4.50 1954-07-01 4.31 1954-08-01 4.38 1954-09-01 4.39 1954-10-01 4.49 1954-11-01 4.28 1954-12-01 4.11 1955-01-01 4.05 1955-02-01 4.03 1955-03-01 4.02 1955-04-01 3.99 1955-05-01 4.01 1955-06-01 3.96 1955-07-01 4.12 1955-08-01 4.12 1955-09-01 4.09 1955-10-01 4.23 1955-11-01 4.22 1955-12-01 4.27 1956-01-01 4.43 1956-02-01 4.50 1956-03-01 4.54 1956-04-01 4.51 1956-05-01 4.57 1956-06-01 4.52 1956-07-01 5.36 1956-08-01 4.92 1956-09-01 4.74 1956-10-01 4.60 1956-11-01 4.60 1956-12-01 4.55 1957-01-01 4.57 1957-02-01 4.56 1957-03-01 4.54 1957-04-01 4.57 1957-05-01 4.53 1957-06-01 4.37 1957-07-01 4.29 1957-08-01 4.10 1957-09-01 4.14 1957-10-01 3.93 1957-11-01 3.92 1957-12-01 4.00 1958-01-01 3.89 1958-02-01 3.93 1958-03-01 3.98 1958-04-01 3.96 1958-05-01 3.91 1958-06-01 3.76 1958-07-01 3.74 1958-08-01 3.61 1958-09-01 3.51 1958-10-01 3.48 1958-11-01 3.50 1958-12-01 3.49 1959-01-01 3.51 1959-02-01 3.45 1959-03-01 3.47 1959-04-01 3.39 1959-05-01 3.29 1959-06-01 3.28 1959-07-01 3.42 1959-08-01 3.79 1959-09-01 3.83 1959-10-01 3.93 1959-11-01 3.81 1959-12-01 3.44 1960-01-01 3.31 1960-02-01 3.30 1960-03-01 3.24 1960-04-01 3.23 1960-05-01 3.20 1960-06-01 3.19 1960-07-01 3.11 1960-08-01 3.29 1960-09-01 3.23 1960-10-01 3.25 1960-11-01 3.27 1960-12-01 3.21 1961-01-01 3.30 1961-02-01 3.30 1961-03-01 3.20 1961-04-01 3.18 1961-05-01 3.13 1961-06-01 3.08 1961-07-01 3.19 1961-08-01 3.08 1961-09-01 3.06 1961-10-01 3.05 1961-11-01 3.04 1961-12-01 3.02 1962-01-01 3.03 1962-02-01 3.03 1962-03-01 2.91 1962-04-01 2.90 1962-05-01 2.91 1962-06-01 2.92 1962-07-01 2.95 1962-08-01 2.85 1962-09-01 2.87 1962-10-01 2.87 1962-11-01 2.81 1962-12-01 2.96 1963-01-01 2.98 1963-02-01 2.94 1963-03-01 3.02 1963-04-01 3.01 1963-05-01 3.00 1963-06-01 2.93 1963-07-01 2.86 1963-08-01 2.91 1963-09-01 2.96 1963-10-01 2.89 1963-11-01 2.94 1963-12-01 2.89 1964-01-01 2.86 1964-02-01 2.88 1964-03-01 2.93 1964-04-01 2.90 1964-05-01 2.94 1964-06-01 2.98 1964-07-01 2.97 1964-08-01 3.04 1964-09-01 3.00 1964-10-01 3.04 1964-11-01 3.07 1964-12-01 2.99 1965-01-01 3.05 1965-02-01 3.08 1965-03-01 3.01 1965-04-01 3.03 1965-05-01 3.12 1965-06-01 3.10 1965-07-01 3.04 1965-08-01 3.07 1965-09-01 3.13 1965-10-01 3.15 1965-11-01 3.13 1965-12-01 3.13 1966-01-01 3.17 1966-02-01 3.20 1966-03-01 3.22 1966-04-01 3.27 1966-05-01 3.30 1966-06-01 3.34 1966-07-01 3.40 1966-08-01 3.37 1966-09-01 3.41 1966-10-01 3.42 1966-11-01 3.47 1966-12-01 3.50 1967-01-01 3.51 1967-02-01 3.50 1967-03-01 3.46 1967-04-01 3.53 1967-05-01 3.50 1967-06-01 3.48 1967-07-01 3.54 1967-08-01 3.40 1967-09-01 3.48 1967-10-01 3.54 1967-11-01 3.44 1967-12-01 3.39 1968-01-01 3.37 1968-02-01 3.36 1968-03-01 3.39 1968-04-01 3.41 1968-05-01 3.36 1968-06-01 3.28 1968-07-01 3.17 1968-08-01 3.38 1968-09-01 3.24