Defense Capital Goods Total Inventories (advance estimate; 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. In the United States, inventories of defense capital goods were 27.82 billion US dollars (seasonally adjusted) in January 2026, versus 27.67 in December 2025. This constitutes an increase of 0.54 percent.
Sample. There are 409 observations in the monthly series presented in the chart above. The time span covered by the series extends from January 1992 to January 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: inventories had a mean value of 19.79 billion US dollars; they recorded a bottom of 13.76 in December 2001; they recorded a maximum of 27.82 in January 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 27738.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 27668.0 |
| 2026-01-31 | 27820.0 |
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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 | Yes |
| 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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