Taking a look at the economic numbers for September, month-over-month core goods orders experienced a 0.5 percent increase. This reading came in slightly under the forecasted 0.7 percent and represented a slowdown compared to the previous gain of 1.6 percent. In contrast, shipments of core capital goods rose by a solid 1.2 percent. This figure successfully surpassed the expected 0.8 percent estimate while also improving upon the prior reading of 0.6 percent.