Total Business Inventories

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

2818757.00

Millions of Dollars

Updated 2026-08-01 · monthly↑ Increasing

Total Business Inventories — latest reading: 2818757.00 millions of dollars. As of August 2026, it is up 4.6% over the past 12 months, well above its 10-year average. Source: BUSINV, US Census Bureau, published monthly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it. Higher than every one of the other 548 readings since 1980-12-01.

Min

508924.00

Max

2818757.00

Average

1348634.91

10Y Percentile

100%

3M Change

+1.4%

Aug 2026 · 2,818,757 Millions of Dollars
NBER recession periods

Total Business Inventories (BUSINV) — 549 observations from 1980-12-01 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 Total Business Inventories said on the day, before it was restated. Measured in Millions of Dollars.

PeriodFirst printNowChangeRepublished
Jul 202627647082807083+423751×
Jun 202627402392782459+422202×
May 202627361582779297+431392×
Apr 202627265882768760+421722×
Mar 202627097342753536+438022×
Feb 202626867922726854+400622×
Jan 202626750012715293+402922×
Dec 202526807322714847+341152×
Nov 202526782712716493+382222×
Oct 202526777512710258+325072×
Sep 202526700452703132+330872×

Total Business Inventories for July 2026 first printed at 2764708 on September 16, 2026, was revised once, and now reads up to 2807083. 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

+1.4%

6-Month

+3.4%

12-Month

+4.6%

What this means

Total Business Inventories is currently at 2818757.00 millions of dollars, which is well above its 10-year historical average. The trend is increasing (+1.4% over the past 3 months).

Over the past 6 months the change is +3.4%, and over 12 months it is +4.6%. The short-term pace is consistent with the longer trend.

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MacroRadar, "Total Business Inventories," https://www.macroradar.io/total-business-inventories (as of August 2026).

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