Next release Tuesday, 17 November 2026, 10:00 New York. Every release since 15 Jan 2016: 130 on record, actual against forecast. Medium impact for the USD. Updated within the hour of each release.
The last US Business Inventories MoM (Aug. 2026, released 15 Oct 2026) came in at 0.4%, in line with the 0.4% forecast; the previous reading was 0.9%. The next US Business Inventories MoM is due Tuesday, 17 November 2026 at 10:00 New York time (Sep. 2026).
Since 2016, US Business Inventories MoM has come in above forecast 44% of the time and below 35% (130 releases with a forecast); over the last 12 it beat 58%.
The average miss against forecast over the last 24 releases was 0.13%: lower than expected is good for the USD.
| Released | Period | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Vs forecast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 10:00 | Aug. 2026 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.9% | in line |
| 16 Sept 2026 10:00 | Jul. 2026 | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.1% | above |
| 14 Aug 2026 10:00 | Jun. 2026 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% | in line |
| 16 Jul 2026 10:00 | May. 2026 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% | above |
| 17 Jun 2026 10:00 | Apr. 2026 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1% | above |
| 14 May 2026 10:00 | Mar. 2026 | 1% | 0.8% | 0.4% | above |
| 21 Apr 2026 10:00 | Feb. 2026 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0% | above |
| 1 Apr 2026 10:00 | Jan. 2026 | 0% | 0.1% | -0.1% | below |
| 6 Mar 2026 10:00 | Dec. 2025 | -0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | below |
| 10 Feb 2026 10:00 | Nov. 2025 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | in line |
| 14 Jan 2026 10:00 | Oct. 2025 | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | above |
| 16 Dec 2025 10:00 | Sep. 2025 | 0.3% | 0.1% | -0.1% | above |
| 25 Nov 2025 10:00 | Aug. 2025 | -0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | below |
| 16 Sept 2025 10:00 | Jul. 2025 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | below |
| 15 Aug 2025 10:00 | Jun. 2025 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0% | in line |
| 17 Jul 2025 10:00 | May. 2025 | 0% | 0% | -0.1% | in line |
| 17 Jun 2025 10:00 | Apr. 2025 | -0.1% | 0% | 0.1% | below |
| 15 May 2025 10:00 | Mar. 2025 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | below |
| 16 Apr 2025 10:00 | Feb. 2025 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% | below |
| 17 Mar 2025 10:00 | Jan. 2025 | 0.4% | 0.3% | -0.3% | above |
| 14 Feb 2025 10:00 | Dec. 2024 | -0.3% | 0% | 0.3% | below |
| 16 Jan 2025 10:00 | Nov. 2024 | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | above |
| 17 Dec 2024 10:00 | Oct. 2024 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0% | in line |
| 15 Nov 2024 10:00 | Sep. 2024 | 0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | below |
| 17 Oct 2024 10:00 | Aug. 2024 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | in line |
| 17 Sept 2024 10:00 | Jul. 2024 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | in line |
| 15 Aug 2024 10:00 | Jun. 2024 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | in line |
| 16 Jul 2024 10:00 | May. 2024 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | in line |
| 18 Jun 2024 10:00 | Apr. 2024 | 0.3% | 0.3% | -0.1% | in line |
| 15 May 2024 10:00 | Mar. 2024 | -0.1% | -0.1% | 0.3% | in line |
| 15 Apr 2024 10:00 | Feb. 2024 | 0.3% | 0.4% | -0.2% | below |
| 14 Mar 2024 10:00 | Jan. 2024 | -0.2% | 0.2% | 0.6% | below |
| 15 Feb 2024 10:00 | Dec. 2023 | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0% | above |
| 17 Jan 2024 10:00 | Nov. 2023 | 0% | -0.1% | 0% | above |
| 14 Dec 2023 10:00 | Oct. 2023 | 0% | 0% | 0.3% | in line |
| 15 Nov 2023 10:00 | Sep. 2023 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | below |
| 17 Oct 2023 10:00 | Aug. 2023 | 0.4% | 0.3% | -0.1% | above |
| 14 Sept 2023 10:00 | Jul. 2023 | -0.1% | 0.1% | 0% | below |
| 15 Aug 2023 10:00 | Jun. 2023 | 0% | 0.1% | -0.1% | below |
| 18 Jul 2023 10:00 | May. 2023 | -0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | below |
| 15 Jun 2023 10:00 | Apr. 2023 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0% | below |
| 16 May 2023 10:00 | Mar. 2023 | 0% | 0% | -0.1% | in line |
| 14 Apr 2023 10:00 | Feb. 2023 | -0.1% | 0.3% | 0.1% | below |
| 15 Mar 2023 10:00 | Jan. 2023 | 0.1% | 0% | 0.5% | above |
| 15 Feb 2023 10:00 | Dec. 2022 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.4% | above |
| 18 Jan 2023 10:00 | Nov. 2022 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | in line |
| 15 Dec 2022 10:00 | Oct. 2022 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.2% | above |
| 16 Nov 2022 10:00 | Sep. 2022 | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.8% | below |
| 14 Oct 2022 10:00 | Aug. 2022 | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.7% | below |
| 15 Sept 2022 10:00 | Jul. 2022 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.5% | above |
| 17 Aug 2022 10:00 | Jun. 2022 | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.7% | above |
| 15 Jul 2022 10:00 | May. 2022 | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.3% | above |
| 15 Jun 2022 10:00 | Apr. 2022 | 1.3% | 1.2% | 2.4% | above |
| 17 May 2022 10:00 | Mar. 2022 | 2.4% | 1.9% | 1.9% | above |
| 14 Apr 2022 10:00 | Feb. 2022 | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1.8% | above |
| 16 Mar 2022 10:00 | Jan. 2022 | 1.8% | 1.1% | 2.6% | above |
| 16 Feb 2022 10:00 | Dec. 2021 | 2.6% | 2.1% | 1.7% | above |
| 14 Jan 2022 10:00 | Nov. 2021 | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.6% | above |
| 15 Dec 2021 10:00 | Oct. 2021 | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.2% | above |
| 16 Nov 2021 10:00 | Sep. 2021 | 1.2% | 0.7% | 0.9% | above |
| 15 Oct 2021 10:00 | Aug. 2021 | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.3% | above |
| 16 Sept 2021 10:00 | Jul. 2021 | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.9% | above |
| 17 Aug 2021 10:00 | Jun. 2021 | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% | above |
| 16 Jul 2021 10:00 | May. 2021 | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.1% | above |
| 15 Jun 2021 10:00 | Apr. 2021 | 0.1% | -0.1% | 0.2% | above |
| 14 May 2021 10:00 | Mar. 2021 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.8% | below |
| 15 Apr 2021 10:00 | Feb. 2021 | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.9% | above |
| 16 Mar 2021 10:00 | Jan. 2021 | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.7% | above |
| 17 Feb 2021 10:00 | Dec. 2020 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.7% | above |
| 15 Jan 2021 10:00 | Nov. 2020 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1% | above |
| 16 Dec 2020 10:00 | Oct. 2020 | 1% | 0.7% | 0.7% | above |
| 17 Nov 2020 10:00 | Sep. 2020 | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | above |
| 16 Oct 2020 10:00 | Aug. 2020 | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.3% | above |
| 16 Sept 2020 10:00 | Jul. 2020 | 0.3% | 0.1% | -1.2% | above |
| 14 Aug 2020 10:00 | Jun. 2020 | -1.2% | -1.2% | -2.4% | in line |
| 16 Jul 2020 10:00 | May. 2020 | -2.4% | -2.3% | -1.4% | below |
| 16 Jun 2020 10:00 | Apr. 2020 | -1.4% | -0.8% | -0.3% | below |
| 15 May 2020 10:00 | Mar. 2020 | -0.3% | -0.2% | -0.5% | below |
| 15 Apr 2020 10:00 | Feb. 2020 | -0.5% | -0.4% | -0.3% | below |
| 17 Mar 2020 10:00 | Jan. 2020 | -0.3% | -0.1% | 0% | below |
| 14 Feb 2020 10:00 | Dec. 2019 | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | below |
| 16 Jan 2020 10:00 | Nov. 2019 | 0% | -0.1% | 0% | above |
| 13 Dec 2019 10:00 | Oct. 2019 | 0% | 0.2% | 0% | below |
| 15 Nov 2019 10:00 | Sep. 2019 | 0% | 0.1% | 0% | below |
| 16 Oct 2019 10:00 | Aug. 2019 | 0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | below |
| 13 Sept 2019 10:00 | Jul. 2019 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | in line |
| 15 Aug 2019 10:00 | Jun. 2019 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | in line |
| 16 Jul 2019 10:00 | May. 2019 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% | below |
| 14 Jun 2019 10:00 | Apr. 2019 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | in line |
| 15 May 2019 10:00 | Mar. 2019 | 0.1% | 0% | 0.4% | above |
| 18 Apr 2019 10:00 | Feb. 2019 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.7% | in line |
| 1 Apr 2019 10:00 | Jan. 2019 | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% | above |
| 11 Mar 2019 10:00 | Dec. 2018 | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0% | above |
| 14 Feb 2019 10:00 | Nov. 2018 | 0% | 0.3% | 0.5% | below |
| 14 Dec 2018 10:00 | Oct. 2018 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | below |
| 15 Nov 2018 10:00 | Sep. 2018 | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.6% | above |
| 15 Oct 2018 10:00 | Aug. 2018 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | above |
| 14 Sept 2018 10:00 | Jul. 2018 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | in line |
| 15 Aug 2018 10:00 | Jun. 2018 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | in line |
| 16 Jul 2018 10:00 | May. 2018 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% | below |
| 14 Jun 2018 10:00 | Apr. 2018 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0% | in line |
| 15 May 2018 10:00 | Mar. 2018 | 0% | 0.1% | 0.5% | below |
| 16 Apr 2018 10:00 | Feb. 2018 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% | below |
| 14 Mar 2018 10:00 | Jan. 2018 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.4% | below |
| 14 Feb 2018 10:00 | Dec. 2017 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | above |
| 12 Jan 2018 10:00 | Nov. 2017 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | above |
| 14 Dec 2017 10:00 | Oct. 2017 | 0.1% | -0.1% | 0.2% | above |
| 15 Nov 2017 10:00 | Sep. 2017 | 0.2% | 0% | 0.6% | above |
| 13 Oct 2017 10:00 | Aug. 2017 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.4% | below |
| 15 Sept 2017 10:00 | Jul. 2017 | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.4% | above |
| 15 Aug 2017 10:00 | Jun. 2017 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | in line |
| 14 Jul 2017 10:00 | May. 2017 | 0.3% | 0.3% | -0.1% | in line |
| 14 Jun 2017 10:00 | Apr. 2017 | -0.1% | -0.2% | 0.2% | above |
| 12 May 2017 10:00 | Mar. 2017 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | above |
| 14 Apr 2017 10:00 | Feb. 2017 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | below |
| 15 Mar 2017 10:00 | Jan. 2017 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | below |
| 15 Feb 2017 10:00 | Dec. 2016 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% | below |
| 13 Jan 2017 10:00 | Nov. 2016 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | above |
| 14 Dec 2016 10:00 | Oct. 2016 | 0.1% | -0.1% | 0.1% | above |
| 15 Nov 2016 10:00 | Sep. 2016 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0% | below |
The next US Business Inventories MoM is due Tuesday, 17 November 2026 at 10:00 New York time (Sep. 2026).
The last US Business Inventories MoM (Aug. 2026, released 15 Oct 2026) came in at 0.4%, in line with the 0.4% forecast; the previous reading was 0.9%.
US Business Inventories MoM is released monthly by Census Bureau. CRTLAB has 130 releases on record since 15 Jan 2016.
Since 2016, US Business Inventories MoM has come in above forecast 44% of the time and below 35% (130 releases with a forecast); over the last 12 it beat 58%.
The highest was 2.6% (Dec. 2021) and the lowest -2.4% (May. 2020). The five-year average is 0.48%.
Usually the opposite: a lower reading than forecast is the good surprise for the USD, and the bigger the surprise the bigger the move. On this page, green marks a release that was good for the USD against its forecast, red one that was bad.
Business Inventories in the United States measure the monthly percentage changes in inventories from manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers. Inventories are a key component of gross domestic product.