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Factory orders rise 1.8%; job openings little changed at 7.5M

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New Street Spotlight card: Factory orders rise 1.8%; job openings little changed at 7.5M. Census says September factory orders, not adjusted for inflation, rose for a third straight month; BLS says job openings were little changed at 7.5 million in September. Orders rose $12.2 billion to $677.2 billion, after an upwardly revised 0.3% gain in August; nondefense aircraft orders rose 28.3%. Quits rose to 3.4 million, up 375,000 over the year; layoffs and discharges were little changed at 1.6 million. New Street View: Transportation led; ex-transportation orders rose 1.3%, and core capital-goods orders slowed to 0.6% from 1.5%. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Nov. 3, 2026. Data as of 10 a.m. ET.

Census says September factory orders, not adjusted for inflation, rose for a third straight month; BLS says job openings were little changed at 7.5 million in September.[1][2]

Orders rose $12.2 billion to $677.2 billion, after an upwardly revised 0.3% gain in August; nondefense aircraft orders rose 28.3%.[1]

Quits rose to 3.4 million, up 375,000 over the year; layoffs and discharges were little changed at 1.6 million.[2]

New Street View: Transportation led; ex-transportation orders rose 1.3%, and core capital-goods orders slowed to 0.6% from 1.5%.[1]

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, Monthly Full Report on Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, & Orders, September 2026 (CB26-170)
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary, September 2026 (USDL-26-1630)

How to cite: New Street Desk, "Factory orders rise 1.8%; job openings little changed at 7.5M," New Street, Nov. 3, 2026, https://newstreet.xyz/spotlight/2026-11-03-1045-factory-orders/.