United States - Changes in inventories (current LCU)

The value for Changes in inventories (current LCU) in United States was -59,565,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 136,785,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of -150,772,000,000 in 2009.

Definition: Inventories are stocks of goods held by firms to meet temporary or unexpected fluctuations in production or sales, and "work in progress." Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1970 2,001,000,000
1971 8,256,000,000
1972 9,107,000,000
1973 15,878,000,000
1974 13,990,000,000
1975 -6,256,000,000
1976 17,116,000,000
1977 22,324,000,000
1978 25,791,000,000
1979 17,984,000,000
1980 -6,331,000,000
1981 29,809,000,000
1982 -14,914,000,000
1983 -5,751,000,000
1984 65,405,000,000
1985 21,824,000,000
1986 6,571,000,000
1987 27,149,000,000
1988 18,482,000,000
1989 27,693,000,000
1990 14,546,000,000
1991 -394,000,000
1992 16,328,000,000
1993 20,814,000,000
1994 63,785,000,000
1995 31,174,000,000
1996 30,799,000,000
1997 70,927,000,000
1998 63,719,000,000
1999 60,816,000,000
2000 54,544,000,000
2001 -38,284,000,000
2002 19,975,000,000
2003 14,094,000,000
2004 64,068,000,000
2005 57,513,000,000
2006 68,989,000,000
2007 33,950,000,000
2008 -29,241,000,000
2009 -150,772,000,000
2010 53,917,000,000
2011 46,262,000,000
2012 71,212,000,000
2013 104,531,000,000
2014 83,966,000,000
2015 136,785,000,000
2016 36,259,000,000
2017 29,489,000,000
2018 58,717,000,000
2019 73,626,000,000
2020 -59,565,000,000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts