- Durable Goods Orders in the US fell more than expected in November.
- US Dollar Index stays in daily range below 104.50 after the data.
Durable Goods Orders in the US declined by 2.1%, or $5.8 billion, in November to $270.6 billion, the US Census Bureau announced on Friday. This reading followed October's increase of 0.7% and came in worse than the market expectation for a decrease of 0.6%.
"Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.2%," the publication further read. "Excluding defense, new orders decreased 2.6%. Transportation equipment, down following three consecutive monthly increases, drove the decrease, $6.1 billion or 6.3% to $91.3 billion."
