US Data: Advance Wholesale, Retail Trade Inventories

Release for: April 2019

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

Millions of U.S. dollars 

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                                               yr-ago  % change:           yr/yr

                             Apr-19   Mar-19   Apr-18     Apr-19  Mar-19  Apr-19

Seasonally Adjusted

Wholesale inventories,

total                       674,473  670,104  627,766        0.7     0.0     7.4

Durable goods               419,999  417,227  379,901        0.7     0.3    10.6

Nondurable goods            254,474  252,877  247,865        0.6    -0.5     2.7

Retail inventories,

total                       660,916  657,824  632,308        0.5    -0.3     4.5

Ex. motor veh. & parts      417,551  416,009  407,035        0.4    -0.1     2.6

Motor vehicle & parts

dealers                     243,365  241,815  225,273        0.6    -0.6     8.0

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Wholesale inventories,

total                       676,476  675,996  630,164        0.1    -0.1     7.3

Durable goods               420,221  416,477  379,988        0.9     0.0    10.6

Nondurable goods            256,255  259,519  250,176       -1.3    -0.3     2.4

Retail inventories,

total                       661,543  658,003  632,453        0.5     0.1     4.6

Ex. motor veh. & parts      412,813  412,186  401,996        0.2     0.7     2.7

Motor vehicle & parts

dealers                     248,730  245,817  230,457        1.2    -1.0     7.9

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