United States Business Inventories

Business inventories in the United States increased 0.5 percent month-over-month in August of 2018, following an upwardly revised 0.7 percent rise in July and in line with market expectations. Stocks went up at retailers (0.7 percent compared to 0.6 percent in July), wholesalers (1 percent compared to 0.6 percent) and for autos and parts (1.8 percent compared to 1.4 percent) but fell 0.1 percent for manufacturers (+0.9 percent). Retail inventories excluding autos, which go into the calculation of GDP, were flat after a 0.1 percent rise in July. Business Inventories in the United States averaged 0.28 percent from 1992 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 1.30 percent in May of 1994 and a record low of -2 percent in December of 2008.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-08-15	02:00 PM	Business Inventories MoM	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.3%
2018-09-14	02:00 PM	Business Inventories MoM	0.6%	0.1%	0.6%	0.4%
2018-10-15	02:00 PM	Business Inventories MoM	0.5%	0.7%	0.5%	0.3%
2018-11-15	03:00 PM	Business Inventories MoM		0.5%	0.3%	0.3%
2018-12-14	03:00 PM	Business Inventories MoM				0.2%

United States Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	57.70	59.80	77.50	29.40	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	55.70	55.60	57.90	50.70		[+]
Services PMI	54.80	53.50	61.00	49.30	Index Points	[+]
Non Manufacturing PMI	60.30	61.60	62.00	37.60		[+]
Composite Pmi	54.90	53.90	61.00	50.00	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	5.10	4.90	62.00	-33.70	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.30	0.40	16.60	-10.40	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	3.50	3.10	67.90	-39.40	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	78.10	78.10	89.39	66.71	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders	0.80	4.60	23.50	-19.00	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense	-0.60	2.50	26.00	-19.70	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation	0.10	0.30	7.50	-6.80	percent	[+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation	0.40	0.40	4.60	-7.20	percent	[+]
New Orders	515334.00	510466.00	565232.00	223500.00	USD Million	[+]
Factory Orders	0.70	2.60	10.60	-10.00	percent	[+]
Business Inventories	0.50	0.70	1.30	-2.00	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	76.33	-36.81	166.37	-245.13	USD Billion	[+]
Wholesale Inventories	0.40	0.90	2.10	-2.00	percent	[+]
Bankruptcies	22103.00	22245.00	82446.00	19695.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	2007.53	1965.29	2007.53	14.70	USD Billion	[+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index	107.40	107.90	108.80	80.10	Index Points	[+]
Ism New York Index	69.80	72.50	88.80	23.40	percent	[+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	22.20	22.90	58.50	-57.90	Index Points	[+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	21.10	19.00	39.00	-35.10	Index Points	[+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	15.00	29.00	29.00	-44.00	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index	0.17	0.27	2.77	-5.22		[+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index	29.40	28.10	47.10	-60.10	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Pmi	58.40	60.40	81.00	20.70	Index Points	[+]
Car Production	2.78	2.45	9.92	1.29	Million Units	[+]
Car Registrations	443.14	445.58	1149.00	331.50	Thousand	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	17.57	17.44	21.77	9.05	Million	[+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change	5.78	3.22	14.42	-15.22	BBL/1Million	[+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change	65.00	48.00	147.00	-359.00	Billion cf	[+]
Gasoline Stocks Change	1852.00	-3161.00	11456.00	-8428.00	Thousand Barrels	[+]
Leading Economic Index	124.26	123.89	124.26	46.91	Index Points	[+]
Internet Speed	18747.58	17235.62	18747.58	3609.31	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	128949703.00	127873899.00	146874246.00	89399946.00	IP	[+]
API Crude Oil Stock Change	8.79	7.83	14.30	-12.40	BBL/1Million	[+]
Crude Oil Rigs	886.00	874.00	1609.00	98.00		[+]
Corruption Index	75.00	74.00	78.00	71.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	16.00	18.00	24.00	14.00		[+]
Competitiveness Index	85.64	84.84	85.64	5.42	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	1.00	1.00	7.00	1.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	8.00	6.00	8.00	4.00		[+]
Steel Production	7251.00	7461.00	11951.00	3799.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Mining Production	13.40	14.40	108.20	-28.80	percent	[+]

Business Inventories in the United States measure the monthly percentage changes in inventories from manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers. Inventories are a key component of gross domestic product. This page provides - United States Business Inventories - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Business Inventories - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.