{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "snapshot_date": "2026-10-27",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "capacity",
      "publisher": "Federal Reserve",
      "title": "Industrial capacity methodology",
      "url": "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/capnotes.htm",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "gao",
      "publisher": "U.S. Government Accountability Office",
      "title": "Defense industrial base supply-chain visibility, July 2025",
      "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-107283",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "nist",
      "publisher": "National Institute of Standards and Technology",
      "title": "IR 8536 manufacturing traceability, September 2026",
      "url": "https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/ir/8536/final",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "m3",
      "publisher": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "title": "M3 survey scope and measures",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/about_the_surveys/index.html",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "orders",
      "publisher": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "title": "September 2026 advance durable-goods report, CB26-169",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/adv/pdf/durgd.pdf",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "construction",
      "publisher": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "title": "Construction spending definitions",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/definitions.html",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "hts",
      "publisher": "U.S. International Trade Commission",
      "title": "Trade classifications and quantity definitions",
      "url": "https://www.usitc.gov/faq_subsection/definitions_and_classifications",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "dataweb",
      "publisher": "U.S. International Trade Commission",
      "title": "DataWeb coverage and periods",
      "url": "https://www.usitc.gov/glossary/term/dataweb.htm",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "trade",
      "publisher": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "title": "International trade definitions",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/definitions/index.html",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "commerce",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Commerce",
      "title": "Cylinder investigation initiation, September 9, 2026",
      "url": "https://www.trade.gov/initiation-ad-cvd-investigations-certain-linear-hydraulic-cylinders-and-parts-thereof-multiple",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "itc",
      "publisher": "U.S. International Trade Commission",
      "title": "Cylinder preliminary determinations, filed October 9; notice October 14, 2026",
      "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/14/2026-20988/linear-hydraulic-cylinders-from-canada-china-india-mexico-and-south-korea-determinations",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "cvd",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Commerce",
      "title": "Cylinder CVD postponement notice, October 20, 2026",
      "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/20/2026-21452/certain-linear-hydraulic-cylinders-and-parts-thereof-from-the-peoples-republic-of-china-india-and",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "technology",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Energy / Environmental Protection Agency",
      "title": "Off-road equipment assessment, December 2024",
      "url": "https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2025-01/off-road-action-plan.pdf",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "volvo",
      "publisher": "Volvo Construction Equipment",
      "title": "ECR25 Electric, U.S. model specification page",
      "url": "https://www.volvoce.com/en-us/products/excavators/ecr25-electric/",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "competition",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Justice / Federal Trade Commission",
      "title": "2023 Merger Guidelines, evaluating competition among firms",
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/atr/merger-guidelines/tools/evaluating-competition",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    },
    {
      "id": "danfoss-announcement",
      "publisher": "U.S. Department of Justice",
      "title": "Danfoss–Eaton proposed settlement announcement, July 14, 2021",
      "url": "https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-divestitures-transaction-between-global-industrial-and",
      "checked_date": "2026-10-27"
    }
  ],
  "observations": [
    {
      "source_id": "orders",
      "reporting_period": "2026-09",
      "release_date": "2026-10-27",
      "release_id": "CB26-169 M3-1(26)-09",
      "unit": "USD billions",
      "seasonally_adjusted": true,
      "price_adjusted": false,
      "revision_status": "Advance estimate; subject to revision",
      "total_new_orders": 345.4,
      "total_monthly_change_pct": 1.8,
      "excluding_transportation_monthly_change_pct": 0.5,
      "transportation_monthly_change_pct": 4.6,
      "total_monthly_increase": 6.3,
      "transportation_monthly_increase": 5.2
    },
    {
      "source_id": "cvd",
      "notice_date": "2026-10-20",
      "countries": [
        "China",
        "India",
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "action": "Preliminary CVD determination deadline postponed",
      "new_deadline": "2027-01-19"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "volvo",
      "product": "ECR25 Electric, exact U.S. page checked October 27, 2026",
      "main_hydraulic_pump_max_flow_us_gallons_per_minute": 15.3
    }
  ],
  "notes": [
    "The Census current-release URL changes over time; the observations here preserve the figures read on October 27, 2026.",
    "No combined machine-building import basket or aggregate import-dependence estimate has been calculated.",
    "October 25 source records are retained separately and unchanged."
  ]
}