Retailers Inventories

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

882176.00

Millions of Dollars

Updated 2026-08-01 · monthly→ Stable

Retailers Inventories — latest reading: 882176.00 millions of dollars. As of August 2026, it is up 4.8% over the past 12 months, well above its 10-year average. Source: RETAILIMSA, 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

234641.00

Max

882176.00

Average

496959.96

10Y Percentile

100%

3M Change

+0.9%

Aug 2026 · 882,176 Millions of Dollars
NBER recession periods

Retailers Inventories (RETAILIMSA) — 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 Retailers Inventories said on the day, before it was restated. Measured in Millions of Dollars.

PeriodFirst printNowChangeRepublished
Jul 2026838983880016+410331×
Jun 2026832612872415+398032×
May 2026832414874147+417332×
Apr 2026827169868252+410832×
Mar 2026820619862288+416692×
Feb 2026816723855983+392602×
Jan 2026815839853751+379122×
Dec 2025813194851416+382222×
Nov 2025814921852188+372672×
Oct 2025817208849769+325612×
Sep 2025811739844906+331672×

Retailers Inventories for July 2026 first printed at 838983 on September 16, 2026, was revised once, and now reads up to 880016. 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

+0.9%

6-Month

+3.1%

12-Month

+4.8%

What this means

Retailers Inventories is currently at 882176.00 millions of dollars, which is well above its 10-year historical average. The trend is stable (+0.9% over the past 3 months).

Over the past 6 months the change is +3.1%, and over 12 months it is +4.8%. The short-term pace is consistent with the longer trend.

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MacroRadar, "Retailers Inventories," https://www.macroradar.io/retailers-inventories (as of August 2026).

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