United States Business Inventories 1992-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Manufacturers’ and trade inventories in the United States increased 0.6 percent month-over-month to USD 1.94 trillion in July 2018, following 0.1 percent gain in June and matching market consensus. Stocks advanced at manufacturers (0.8 percent), retailers (0.5 percent) and wholesalers (0.6 percent). By kind of business, there were increases in stocks at motor vehicle & parts dealers (1.2 percent), furniture, home furniture, electronic & appliance stores (1.2 percent), building materials, garden equipment & supplies (0.7 percent), food & beverages (0.4 percent) and general merchandise stores (0.3 percent). Meanwhile, inventories declined at clothing & accessories stores (-0.2 percent). Retail inventories excluding autos, which go into the calculation of GDP, rose 0.1 percent 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
2018-07-16	02:00 PM	Business Inventories MoM	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%	0.4%
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		0.6%		0.29%
2018-11-15	03:00 PM	Business Inventories MoM				0.3%
2018-12-14	03:00 PM	Business Inventories MoM				0.2%

United States Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	61.30	58.10	77.50	29.40	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	55.60	54.70	57.90	50.70		[+]
Services PMI	52.90	54.80	61.00	49.30	Index Points	[+]
Non Manufacturing PMI	58.50	55.70	62.00	37.60		[+]
Composite Pmi	53.40	54.70	61.00	50.00	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	4.90	4.00	62.00	-33.70	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.40	0.40	16.60	-10.40	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	3.10	2.60	67.90	-39.40	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	78.08	77.90	89.39	66.71	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders	-1.70	0.70	23.50	-19.00	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense	-1.00	1.20	26.00	-19.70	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation	0.20	0.10	7.50	-6.80	percent	[+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation	0.20	0.40	4.60	-7.20	percent	[+]
New Orders	497754.00	501718.00	565232.00	223500.00	USD Million	[+]
Factory Orders	-0.80	0.60	10.60	-10.00	percent	[+]
Business Inventories	0.60	0.10	1.30	-2.00	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	-26.93	30.34	166.37	-245.13	USD Billion	[+]
Wholesale Inventories	0.60	0.10	2.10	-2.00	percent	[+]
Bankruptcies	22245.00	23106.00	82446.00	19695.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	2012.60	1965.30	2012.60	14.70	USD Billion	[+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index	108.80	107.90	108.80	80.10	Index Points	[+]
Ism New York Index	76.50	75.00	88.80	23.40	percent	[+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	22.90	11.90	58.50	-57.90	Index Points	[+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	19.00	25.60	39.00	-35.10	Index Points	[+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	24.00	20.00	27.00	-44.00	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index	0.13	0.48	2.76	-5.21		[+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index	30.90	32.30	47.10	-60.10	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Pmi	63.60	65.50	81.00	20.70	Index Points	[+]
Car Production	2.45	3.00	9.92	1.29	Million Units	[+]
Car Registrations	445.58	464.21	1149.00	331.50	Thousand	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	16.72	16.77	21.77	9.05	Million	[+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change	-2.06	-5.30	14.42	-15.22	BBL/1Million	[+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change	86.00	69.00	147.00	-359.00	Billion cf	[+]
Gasoline Stocks Change	-1719.00	1250.00	11456.00	-8428.00	Thousand Barrels	[+]
Leading Economic Index	123.61	123.25	123.61	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	1.25	-8.64	14.30	-12.40	BBL/1Million	[+]
Crude Oil Rigs	866.00	867.00	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	5.85	5.70	5.85	5.42	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	2.00	3.00	7.00	1.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	6.00	8.00	8.00	4.00		[+]
Steel Production	7275.00	6847.00	11951.00	3799.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Mining Production	14.10	12.70	108.20	-28.80	percent	[+]

United States Business Inventories

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 September of 2018.