Credit the rise to Boeing.

... Nothing to see here folks - 'experts' just off by 360% in their 'expert' forecasts. Strange how all the errors only seem to go one way with Trump and the other way for the Democrat presidents. ...

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... Transportation equipment orders soared 27.0%, boosted by a 139.0% jump in commercial aircraft orders, which are extremely volatile. Boeing (BA.N) reported on its website that it had received 192 aircraft orders in March, up from 13 in February.

But China this month ordered its airlines not to take further deliveries of Boeing jets, and some airline CEOs have said they would defer plane deliveries rather than pay duties, which could undermine the plane maker's recovery from a crippling strike last year.

Two Boeing planes destined for China recently returned. Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, however, said on Wednesday that the company had avoided broader damage from tariffs and could redirect jets to other airlines that have been "asking for additional airplanes."

Non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, edged up 0.1% in March after revised 0.3% drop in February. These so-called core capital goods orders were previously reported have declined 0.2% in February. ...