Factory Orders Up 1.7%; Ex-Transport Rise 0.1%

New factory orders for manufactured goods increased 1.7% in January, rising for the fifth consecutive month, the Commerce Department reported yesterday.

Orders excluding transportation increased 0.1%.

Economists expected factory orders to increase 1.7% for the month, according to the median estimate from Thomson Reuters.

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