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US Data: Business Inventories - Summary>

Release for:  April 2019
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
                                            yr-ago     % change:  yr/yr
                     Apr-19  Mar-19  Feb-19  Apr-18 Apr-19 Mar-19 Apr-19
Inventories, total  2029778 2019032 2018059 1927552    0.5    0.0    5.3
  Manufacturers      692949  691141  688334  667705    0.3    0.4    3.8
  Retailers          661291  657815  659508  632175    0.5   -0.3    4.6
   Retail ex. auto   417669  416032  416228  407103    0.4    0.0    2.6
   Auto dealers      243622  241783  243280  225072    0.8   -0.6    8.2
  Wholesalers        675538  670076  670217  627672    0.8    0.0    7.6
 Total ex ret auto* 1786156 1777249 1774779 1702480    0.5    0.1    4.9
Sales, total        1461983 1465389 1447064 1422521   -0.2    1.3    2.8
Inv/sales ratio        1.39    1.38    1.39    1.36    --     --     --
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