Orders increased for consumer durables

Consumer goods have increased in demand and the supply chain has been disrupted but some figures tell a different story and it has been confusing so as to what is happening.

Unfilled orders for consumer durable goods increased $6 million, or 0.1 percent, to $4.45 billion in April, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report before released in August. The previous month saw unfilled orders for the same category decrease by 2 percent.