Investing.com - Orders for durable goods, which are meant to last at least three years, rose in February, according to data released on Friday.
Durable-goods orders surged 3.1% last month, the Commerce Department said. Economists had forecast a 1.5% increase.
A key measure of business investment, meanwhile, increased in February. So-called core capital-goods orders rose by 1.2% from a month earlier.