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US Data: Business Inventories - Summary>

Release for:  September 2018
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                            yr-ago     % change:  yr/yr
                     Sep-18  Aug-18  Jul-18  Sep-17 Sep-18 Aug-18 Sep-18
Inventories, total  1967452 1961025 1950641 1884562    0.3    0.5    4.4
  Manufacturers      680400  676738  676154  648947    0.5    0.1    4.8
  Retailers          642496  642073  638148  622965    0.1    0.6    3.1
   Retail ex. auto   407587  408150  408429  401715   -0.1   -0.1    1.5
   Auto dealers      234909  233923  229719  221250    0.4    1.8    6.2
  Wholesalers        644556  642214  636339  612650    0.4    0.9    5.2
 Total ex ret auto* 1732543 1727102 1720922 1663312    0.3    0.4    4.2
Sales, total        1468036 1461984 1455246 1376904    0.4    0.5    6.6
Inv/sales ratio        1.34    1.34    1.34    1.37    --     --     --
*MNI Calculation
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