United States Wholesale Inventories

Wholesale stocks in the United States increased 0.4 percent from a month earlier to USD 678.1 billion in May of 2019, easing from a downwardly revised 0.8 percent rise in the previous month and in line with preliminary estimates. The component of wholesale inventories that goes into the calculation of gross domestic product gained 0.2 percent in May. Wholesale auto inventories increased 1.8 percent after surging 3.9 percent in the prior month. There were also increases in professional equipment (1.6 percent), furniture (0.4 percent) and hardware inventories (0.6 percent). Year-on-year inventories advanced 7.7 percent. Wholesale Inventories in the United States averaged 0.39 percent from 1992 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 2.10 percent in May of 2011 and a record low of -2 percent in March of 2009.

Wholesale Inventories in the United States is expected to be 0.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Wholesale Inventories in the United States to stand at 0.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Wholesale Inventories is projected to trend around 0.20 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-05-30	12:30 PM	Wholesale Inventories MoM Adv Apr	0.7%	0%	0.2%	0.3%
2019-06-07	02:00 PM	Wholesale Inventories MoM Apr	0.8%	0%	0.7%
2019-06-26	12:30 PM	Wholesale Inventories MoM Adv May	0.4%	0.9%	0.6%	0.5%
2019-07-10	02:00 PM	Wholesale Inventories MoM May	0.4%	0.8%	0.4%	0.4%
2019-07-25	12:30 PM	Wholesale Inventories MoM Adv Jun		0.4%		0.4%
2019-08-08	02:00 PM	Wholesale Inventories MoM Jun		0.4%		0.4%
2019-08-29	12:30 PM	Wholesale Inventories MoM Adv Jul

United States Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	51.70	52.10	77.50	29.40	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	50.60	50.50	57.90	50.50		[+]
Services PMI	51.50	50.90	61.00	49.30	Index Points	[+]
Non Manufacturing PMI	55.10	56.90	62.00	37.80		[+]
Composite Pmi	51.50	50.90	61.00	50.00	Index Points	[+]
Industrial Production	1.30	2.10	62.00	-33.70	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	0.00	0.40	16.60	-10.40	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	0.40	0.70	67.90	-39.40	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	77.92	78.09	89.39	66.69	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders	-1.30	-2.80	23.20	-18.40	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Defense	-0.60	-3.30	25.50	-19.20	percent	[+]
Durable Goods Orders Ex Transportation	0.30	-0.10	6.30	-10.20	percent	[+]
Factory Orders Ex Transportation	0.10	0.20	4.60	-7.00	percent	[+]
New Orders	493569.00	499273.00	565232.00	223500.00	USD Million	[+]
Factory Orders	-0.70	-1.20	10.40	-9.70	percent	[+]
Business Inventories	0.30	0.50	1.30	-2.00	percent	[+]
Changes in Inventories	122.84	96.80	166.37	-245.13	USD Billion	[+]
Wholesale Inventories	0.40	0.80	2.10	-2.00	percent	[+]
Bankruptcies	22157.00	22232.00	82446.00	19695.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	2012.30	2076.20	2076.82	14.70	USD Billion	[+]
NFIB Business Optimism Index	103.30	105.00	108.80	80.10	Index Points	[+]
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	4.30	-8.60	39.00	-34.40	Index Points	[+]
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	21.80	0.30	58.50	-57.90	Index Points	[+]
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	3.00	5.00	29.00	-44.00	Index Points	[+]
Ism New York Index	50.00	48.60	88.80	23.40	percent	[+]
Chicago Fed National Activity Index	-0.05	-0.48	2.78	-5.27		[+]
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index	-12.10	-5.30	47.60	-59.90	Index Points	[+]
Chicago Pmi	49.70	54.20	78.60	21.20	Index Points	[+]
Car Production	2.62	2.56	9.92	1.29	Million Units	[+]
Car Registrations	465.92	432.55	1149.00	331.50	Thousand	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	17.30	17.30	21.77	9.05	Million	[+]
Crude Oil Stocks Change	-3.12	-9.50	14.42	-15.22	BBL/1Million	[+]
Natural Gas Stocks Change	62.00	81.00	147.00	-359.00	Billion cf	[+]
Gasoline Stocks Change	3565.00	-1455.00	11456.00	-8428.00	Thousand Barrels	[+]
Leading Economic Index	127.88	127.79	127.88	46.91	Index Points	[+]
Internet Speed	18747.58	17235.62	18747.58	3609.31	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	128949703.00	127873899.00	146874246.00	89399946.00	IP	[+]
API Crude Oil Stock Change	-1.40	-8.13	14.30	-12.40	BBL/1Million	[+]
Crude Oil Rigs	779.00	784.00	1609.00	98.00		[+]
Corruption Index	71.00	75.00	78.00	71.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	22.00	16.00	24.00	14.00		[+]
Competitiveness Index	85.64	84.84	85.64	5.42	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	1.00	1.00	7.00	1.00		[+]
Ease of Doing Business	8.00	6.00	8.00	4.00		[+]
Steel Production	7653.00	7428.00	11951.00	3799.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Kansas Fed Manufacturing Index	-3.00	2.00	37.00	-32.00	Index Points	[+]
Mining Production	8.70	10.70	108.20	-28.80	percent	[+]

United States Wholesale Inventories

The Wholesale Inventories are the stock of unsold goods held by wholesalers. Inventories are a key component of gross domestic product changes. A high inventory points to economic slowdown in the US, while a low reading points to a stronger growth. . This page provides - United States Wholesale Inventories - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Wholesale Inventories - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2019.