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US Data: Business Inventories - Summary>

Release for:  September 2017
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                            yr-ago     % change:  yr/yr
                     Sep-17  Aug-17  Jul-17  Sep-16 Sep-17 Aug-17 Sep-17
Inventories, total  1888695 1888038 1875856 1825648    0.0    0.6    3.5
  Manufacturers      660752  656323  652659  637983    0.7    0.6    3.6
  Retailers          618408  624245  620820  605193   -0.9    0.6    2.2
   Retail ex. auto   398837  399200  398095  394086   -0.1    0.3    1.2
   Auto dealers      219571  225045  222725  211107   -2.4    1.0    4.0
  Wholesalers        609535  607470  602377  582472    0.3    0.8    4.6
 Total ex ret auto* 1669124 1662993 1653131 1614541    0.4    0.6    3.4
Sales, total        1389661 1370821 1359499 1306238    1.4    0.8    6.4
Inv/sales ratio        1.36    1.38    1.38    1.40    --     --     --
*MNI Calculation
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