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 27.55 billion US dollars in January 2026, versus 27.29 in December 2025. This represents a rise of 0.95 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series shown in the plot has 409 records. The series covers the time span extending from January 1992 to January 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few statistics we computed on the whole sample: inventories had an average value of 19.78 billion US dollars; they reached their lowest level of 13.63 in December 2001; they achieved a maximum of 27.76 in November 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 27760.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 27291.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 27549.0 |
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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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