Investing.com - Orders for durable goods, which are meant to last at least three years, fell in January, according to data released on Tuesday.
Durable-goods orders fell 3.7% last month, the Commerce Department said. Economists had forecast a 2.4% decrease.
Excluding the volatile transportation sector, orders decreased 0.3% in January.
A key measure of business investment, meanwhile, fell in January. So-called core capital-goods orders fell by 0.2% from a month earlier.