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Dec business inv +0.6%, as expected by both.>

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US DATA: Dec business inv +0.6%, as expected by both MNI survey and 
Bloomberg consensus. Nov inv rev up to flat reading from -0.1%. 
- Dec retail inv now +0.9%, the same as the advance reading. 
- Total business inv ex retail auto +0.6%; retail inv ex auto +1.0%. 
- The other retail inv components were generally up, and the unpublished 
retail inv components category +1.2% based on an MNI calc.
- Business sales -1.0%, reflecting -1.8% retail trade sales (rev dn 
from prev -1.3%) as well as declines in factory shipments and wholesale 
sales, inv/sales ratio up to 1.38 from 1.36 in Nov, and up from 1.34 a 
year ago.  

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