# United States Real Investment: Equipment (SAAR)

United States Real Investment: Equipment (SAAR) was 20.9% in Q3 2026, up 7.5 percentage points from Q2 2026 and up 12.0 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q3 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −38.8% (Q2 2020) to 48.9% (Q3 2020), averaging 4.9%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Makrognosis code: `US.GDP.Q.REAL.GRP-INV-EQUIP`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % SAAR
- Coverage: 1966-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (243 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/real-investment-equipment-saar

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 20.9% |
| Q2 2026 | 13.4% |
| Q1 2026 | 15.5% |
| Q4 2025 | 6.9% |
| Q3 2025 | 8.9% |
| Q2 2025 | 7.2% |
| Q1 2025 | 20.4% |
| Q4 2024 | −3.0% |
| Q3 2024 | 10.2% |
| Q2 2024 | 6.4% |
| Q1 2024 | −1.1% |
| Q4 2023 | 4.3% |
| Q3 2023 | −1.5% |
| Q2 2023 | 12.2% |
| Q1 2023 | 3.6% |
| Q4 2022 | 5.8% |
| Q3 2022 | 5.0% |
| Q2 2022 | −0.1% |
| Q1 2022 | 11.2% |
| Q4 2021 | 0.3% |
| Q3 2021 | −11.8% |
| Q2 2021 | 11.2% |
| Q1 2021 | 6.7% |
| Q4 2020 | 18.1% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.GDP.Q.REAL.GRP-INV-EQUIP"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.GDP.Q.REAL.GRP-INV-EQUIP",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```