Merchant Wholesalers Inventories

Merchant Wholesalers Inventories is the value of goods held in inventory, reported as Millions of Dollars.

964199.00

Millions of Dollars

Updated 2026-08-01 · monthly↑ Increasing

Merchant Wholesalers Inventories — latest reading: 964199.00 millions of dollars. As of August 2026, it is up 6.4% over the past 12 months, well above its 10-year average. Source: WHLSLRIMSA, US Census Bureau, published monthly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it. Higher than every one of the other 415 readings since 1992-01-01.

Min

188403.00

Max

964199.00

Average

480610.25

10Y Percentile

100%

3M Change

+2.2%

Aug 2026 · 964,199 Millions of Dollars
NBER recession periods

Merchant Wholesalers Inventories (WHLSLRIMSA) — 416 observations from 1992-01-01 to 2026-08-01. Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Red shading indicates NBER recession periods.

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Next scheduled release: Tue, Nov 17 (Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales, per the FRED release calendar — scheduled dates can move).

How these numbers changed

Every figure above is the current one. These are the same periods as first published — what Merchant Wholesalers Inventories said on the day, before it was restated. Measured in Millions of Dollars.

PeriodFirst printNowChangeRepublished
Jul 2026958854959769+9151×
Jun 2026944710946687+19771×
May 2026941760943113+13531×
Apr 2026940294940672+3781×
Mar 2026932843934572+17291×
Feb 2026919577920443+8661×
Jan 2026909334911902+25681×
Dec 2025917966914350-36161×
Nov 2025914970915713+7431×
Oct 2025913499913477-221×
Sep 2025911495911532+371×

Merchant Wholesalers Inventories for July 2026 first printed at 958854 on September 16, 2026, was revised once, and now reads up to 959769. Recompute any row from FRED's own vintage archive.

Macro Regime Context

The growth regime is currently late cycle (71% confidence).

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3-Month

+2.2%

6-Month

+4.8%

12-Month

+6.4%

What this means

Merchant Wholesalers Inventories is currently at 964199.00 millions of dollars, which is well above its 10-year historical average. The trend is increasing (+2.2% over the past 3 months).

Over the past 6 months the change is +4.8%, and over 12 months it is +6.4%. The short-term pace is consistent with the longer trend.

Cite this page

MacroRadar, "Merchant Wholesalers Inventories," https://www.macroradar.io/merchant-wholesalers-inventories (as of August 2026).

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