AI Data Insight
U.S. unadjusted durable goods inventories for August 2026 fell to $608.756 billion, a decrease of approximately 0.4% compared to $611.320 billion in July. Although weak orders for transportation equipment such as nondefense aircraft slowed overall momentum, benefiting from strong demand in data centers and power infrastructure, core capital goods inventories and orders showed resilience, supporting the overall inventory level to remain in a historically high range.