New orders for US factory goods rose 0.1% in August after July’s increase was revised down to 0.8%, matching economists’ forecasts. Orders increased 6.8% from a year earlier, supported by demand for electrical equipment, appliances and components, as well as machinery and an AI infrastructure buildout. Civilian aircraft and parts orders fell 4.3%, limiting the overall gain. Orders for motor vehicle bodies, parts and trailers rose 0.8%, machinery orders climbed 1.1%, and orders for computers and electronic products were unchanged but 14.7% higher year over year. Orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a gauge of planned business equipment spending, rose 1.6%, while shipments of those core capital goods increased 0.5%, revised from 0.6%. Manufacturers also faced pressure from tariffs, elevated energy costs and supply-chain disruptions linked to the US-Israeli war with Iran.