Chart 4
Unfilled orders decline

billions of dollars 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 May 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 May 2020 Total, unfilled ordersTotal, unfilled orders Total excluding aerospaceTotal excluding aerospace
Note(s):
Data are seasonally adjusted.
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Unfilled orders decline, billions of dollars
  Total, unfilled orders Total excluding aerospace
May 2015 94.381 42.849
June 2015 92.660 42.681
July 2015 95.408 42.694
August 2015 95.290 42.491
September 2015 94.172 42.005
October 2015 92.962 41.913
November 2015 92.459 41.121
December 2015 90.507 40.600
January 2016 91.413 41.368
February 2016 89.334 40.903
March 2016 86.872 40.452
April 2016 87.242 40.149
May 2016 87.526 39.428
June 2016 89.388 39.352
July 2016 89.102 39.051
August 2016 87.879 39.226
September 2016 87.696 38.789
October 2016 88.470 38.477
November 2016 88.121 38.314
December 2016 86.362 38.247
January 2017 86.243 38.994
February 2017 86.859 39.626
March 2017 88.139 40.389
April 2017 89.528 40.956
May 2017 88.168 40.903
June 2017 86.184 40.144
July 2017 84.583 40.349
August 2017 84.767 40.518
September 2017 83.677 40.233
October 2017 85.796 41.022
November 2017 85.264 40.957
December 2017 84.251 40.748
January 2018 83.262 40.206
February 2018 86.115 41.376
March 2018 86.908 41.739
April 2018 88.108 41.996
May 2018 90.876 42.369
June 2018 91.839 42.878
July 2018 91.952 43.330
August 2018 92.480 43.594
September 2018 92.420 43.257
October 2018 93.690 43.998
November 2018 94.117 43.975
December 2018 100.965 43.908
January 2019 99.729 44.108
February 2019 99.912 44.685
March 2019 100.048 43.887
April 2019 100.117 43.671
May 2019 100.769 43.784
June 2019 99.451 42.753
July 2019 97.231 42.317
August 2019 98.054 42.634
September 2019 99.063 44.047
October 2019 97.649 43.307
November 2019 97.187 42.702
December 2019 96.818 42.446
January 2020 96.993 41.817
February 2020 99.253 41.494
March 2020 99.516 41.330
April 2020 97.781 40.628
May 2020 95.403 40.054
Note(s):
Data are seasonally adjusted.
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