Defense 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 defense capital goods stood at 27.75 billion US dollars in November 2025, versus 27.12 in October. This marks a gain of 2.32 percent.
Sample. There are 407 observations overall in the monthly series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the time period stretching from January 1992 to November 2025.
History. Have a look at a few simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: inventories had an average value of 19.75 USD billion; they reached their lowest level of 13.63 in December 2001; they reached their highest level of 27.75 in November 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 27188.0 |
| 2025-10-31 | 27119.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 27746.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Defense 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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