Capital Goods Total Inventories (advance estimate; not seasonally adjusted; USD million) - United States - Census - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Advance manufacturing survey (U.S. Census)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. On a sesonally unadjusted basis, in the United States, inventories of capital goods stood at 274.32 billion US dollars in September 2025, compared to 278.03 in August 2025. This marks a decrease of 1.33 percent.
Sample. There are 405 observations overall in the monthly series shown in the plot above. The series covers the time period extending from January 1992 to September 2025.
History. Take a look at a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: inventories had a mean of 168.54 billion US dollars; they reached their highest level of 278.80 in May 2025; they recorded a bottom of 111.58 in December 2003.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-07-31 | 278237.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 278033.0 |
| 2025-09-30 | 274324.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Capital Goods Total Inventories |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Nominal aggregate |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollars (USD) million |
| Source | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open Data |
| Measure type | Level |
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