US Wholesale Inventory Growth Revised Slightly Down

2026-05-08 14:03 By Agna Gabriel 1 min. read

US wholesale inventories advanced by 1.3% month-over-month to $906.371 billion in March 2026, following a 0.9% increase in February and compared with a preliminary estimate of 1.4%.

Still, this marked the second consecutive monthly increase in wholesale inventories and the strongest since August 2022, prompted by a surge in stocks of nondurable goods (3.2% vs 1.1% in February).

Rises were noted in drugs (0.2%), groceries (1%), farm products(2.4%), and petroleum (33.9%).

Meanwhile, durable goods inventory growth slowed to 0.2% from 0.9%, as a decline in machinery (-0.2%) and automotive (-0.1) more then offset increases in electrical (2.9%) and metals (0.7%).

On a yearly basis, wholesale inventories rose 2.9% in March.



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