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 were 278.04 billion US dollars in August 2025, versus 278.24 in the previous month. This constitutes a reduction of 0.07 percent.
Sample. This monthly series has 404 records. The time span covered by the series stretches from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: inventories had a mean value of 168.28 billion US dollars; they recorded their maximum of 278.80 in May 2025; they reached a trough of 111.58 in December 2003.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 277314.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 278239.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 278040.0 |
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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 |