Capital Equipment

capital equipment: Orders for American-made capital equipment such as computers and machinery probably climbed in March by the most in four months, economist forecast an April 24 report will show. In the euro zone , a report may indicate factories are growing at a steady pace in April, while similar figures out of China will probably signal factories in the worlds second-biggest economy are pulling back, though not as severely as in March, according to Bloomberg. -- Bookings for U.S. durable goods , those made to last at least three years, climbed 2 percent last month following a 2.2 percent gain in February, according to the median forecast of economists surveyed by . Orders for non-military capital equipment excluding airplanes, which are considered a proxy on the outlook for business investment in such things as computers and machinery, increased 1 percent, the most since November, the survey showed and Manufacturing will take center stage in the global economic watch this week, with the U.S. projected to fare better than the rest. Elsewhere, German business confidence may have slipped in April, inflation in Australia at the start of 2014 probably approached the top of its central banks preferred range, and Brazil likely posted a current-account deficit in March. U.S. GOODS (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.