Businesses are investing — orders and sales are growing.

Core Capital-Goods Orders · year-over-year

Core capex: 10.50% — Core capital-goods orders are growing 10.5% a year.

Real Business Sales · year-over-year

Real sales: 1.60% — Real business sales are growing 1.6% a year.

Inventories-to-Sales Ratio

Inv./sales: 1.32 — Inventories equal 1.32 months of sales — lean and healthy.