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US DATA: February business inv +0.3%, as expected by both MNI survey and 
the Bloomberg consensus. 
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- Feb business inv +0.3%, as expected by both MNI survey & the Bloomberg 
consensus. Business sales +0.1%.
- Feb retail inv now +0.3%, ex. auto +0.4%.
- Total business inv ex retail auto +0.3%. 
- The other retail inv components were generally up, and the unpublished 
retail inv components category +0.8% based on an MNI calc.
- Business sales +0.1%, reflecting -0.3% retail trade sales as well as 
gains in factory shipments (+0.4%) and wholesale sales (+0.3%)
- Inv/sales ratio unchanged from 1.39 in Jan and up from 1.36 a year ago.   

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