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US Data: Advance Wholesale, Retail Trade Inventories

Release for: August 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars 
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                                               yr-ago  % change:           yr/yr
                             Aug-18   Jul-18   Aug-17     Aug-18  Jul-18  Aug-18
Seasonally Adjusted
Wholesale inventories,
total                       641,546  636,339  610,632        0.8     0.6     5.1
Durable goods               389,939  386,645  367,157        0.9     0.7     6.2
Nondurable goods            251,607  249,694  243,475        0.8     0.4     3.3
Retail inventories,
total                       642,968  638,279  628,660        0.7     0.6     2.3
Ex. motor veh. & parts      408,704  408,499  402,364        0.1     0.1     1.6
Motor vehicle & parts
dealers                     234,264  229,780  226,296        2.0     1.4     3.5
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Wholesale inventories,
total                       630,555  629,199  600,836        0.2     0.5     4.9
Durable goods               392,402  390,387  369,191        0.5     1.7     6.3
Nondurable goods            238,153  238,812  231,645       -0.3    -1.4     2.8
Retail inventories,
total                       630,691  621,781  616,362        1.4    -1.0     2.3
Ex. motor veh. & parts      404,802  398,779  398,586        1.5    -0.3     1.6
Motor vehicle & parts
dealers                     225,889  223,002  217,776        1.3    -2.3     3.7
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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