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US Data: Business Inventories - Summary>

Release for:  August 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                            yr-ago     % change:  yr/yr
                     Aug-18  Jul-18  Jun-18  Aug-17 Aug-18 Jul-18 Aug-18
Inventories, total  1960774 1950641 1937569 1882004    0.5    0.7    4.2
  Manufacturers      675610  676154  670214  642665   -0.1    0.9    5.1
  Retailers          642458  638148  634638  628742    0.7    0.6    2.2
   Retail ex. auto   408546  408429  408130  402446    0.0    0.1    1.5
   Auto dealers      233912  229719  226508  226296    1.8    1.4    3.4
  Wholesalers        642706  636339  632717  610597    1.0    0.6    5.3
 Total ex ret auto* 1726862 1720922 1711061 1655708    0.3    0.6    4.3
Sales, total        1461945 1455246 1451814 1356602    0.5    0.2    7.8
Inv/sales ratio        1.34    1.34    1.33    1.39    --     --     --
*MNI Calculation
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