orders for us manufactured goods rose 16 in november the commerce department said thursday that’s the eighteenth gain in the last nineteen months economists surveyed by the wall street journal were expecting a 17 rise the factory orders release gives more complete information than the advance durable goods report that was released on dec 23 durablegoods orders rose a revised 26 in november up slightly from the initial estimate of a 25 gain orders for nondurable goods were up 07 in the month orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircraft were flat in november the initial estimate was a 01 decline this category is a key measure of business spending shipments of factory goods rose 07 in november unfilled orders and inventories also rose 07 in the month economists say it is too early to tell how the omicron variant might affect business investment