Defense Capital Goods Total Inventories (advance estimate; not seasonally adjusted; USD million) - United States - Census - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Advance manufacturing survey (U.S. Census)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. On a sesonally unadjusted basis, in the United States, inventories of defense capital goods were 26.89 USD billion in August 2025, compared to 26.88 in July 2025. This marks a rise of 0.04 percent.
Sample. The monthly series displayed in the plot has a total of 404 data points. The time period covered by the series goes from January 1992 to August 2025.
History. Have a look at a few simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: inventories had a mean of 19.69 USD billion; they reached a trough of 13.63 in December 2001; they recorded their maximum of 26.89 in August 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - US dollars (USD) million |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 26869.0 |
| 2025-07-31 | 26883.0 |
| 2025-08-31 | 26893.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Defense Capital Goods Total Inventories |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Nominal aggregate |
| Deflation method | Current prices |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | US dollars (USD) million |
| Source | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open Data |
| Measure type | Level |
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