U.S. wholesale sales surged in September, posting their biggest annual increase in years as demand for computers, electrical equipment, metals, and machinery continued to climb, the Commerce Department reported Monday.
\n\nSales at wholesalers increased 2.8 percent in September to a seasonally adjusted $840.1 billion, following an upwardly revised 2.0 percent increase in August, according to the Census Bureau. Sales were 19.8 percent higher than a year earlier.
\n\nExcluding petroleum, wholesale sales jumped 15.1 percent from September 2025, the strongest annual increase since March 2022. Apart from the extraordinary pandemic recovery and inflation surge of 2021 and 2022, the increase was the largest in comparable records dating back to 1992.
\n\nThe September increase exceeded the strongest annual growth rates recorded during both the economic expansion of the 2000s and the recovery that followed the 2008 financial crisis.
\n\nThe report provided fresh evidence of robust demand across major segments of the American economy, particularly industries associated with manufacturing, technology, and business investment.
\n\nSales of durable goods, which include machinery, industrial equipment, and other long-lasting products, rose 1.3 percent in September and were 23.8 percent higher than a year earlier.
\n\nComputer equipment wholesalers reported a 57.2 percent increase in sales from September 2025…
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