Sales
The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for August, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $2,123.5 billion, up 1.1 percent (±0.1 percent) from July 2026 and was up 10.2 percent (±0.3 percent) from August 2025.
Inventories
Manufacturers’ and trade inventories for August, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $2,818.8 billion, up 0.4 percent (±0.1 percent) from July 2026 and were up 4.6 percent (±0.4 percent) from August 2025.
Inventories/Sales Ratio
The total business inventories/sales ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of August was 1.33. The August 2025 ratio was 1.40.
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* The 90 percent confidence interval includes zero. There is insufficient evidence to conclude that the actual change is different from zero.
