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MNI BRiEF: Riksbank Puts Neutral Rate In 1.5 To 3.0% Range
MNI: Japan Govt Keeps Economic Assessment, Ups Imports
US Data: Wholesale Trade - Levels, Unadjusted>
Release for: October 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, not seasonally adjusted
yr-ago
Kind of business Oct-18 Sep-18 Aug-18 Oct-17
Sales, total 547114 494394 532740 499837
Durable goods sales 267803 243768 260245 244198
Automotive 43159 39083 43519 42568
Furniture 7929 6982 7955 7694
Lumber 13168 11514 14011 12956
Professional equipt. 46094 42978 43380 41688
Computer equipt. 24813 22465 22742 21040
Metals 17581 15531 17544 14227
Electrical goods 60468 56657 55564 54541
Hardware 12900 11806 13199 12175
Machinery 43728 38789 43415 36666
Misc. durable goods 22776 20428 21658 21683
Nondurable goods sales 279311 250626 272495 255639
Paper & paper products 8926 7963 9019 8651
Drugs 64422 56412 62422 58506
Apparel 14627 12907 14313 15959
Groceries 56242 51353 56020 55995
Farm-products 18777 14702 17811 20328
Chemicals 12280 10656 11740 10731
Petroleum, products 67988 64779 66010 51444
Alcohol 13894 12380 14239 12721
Misc. nondurable goods 22155 19474 20921 21304
Inventories, total 655566 642857 631984 613285
Durable goods stocks 404640 396998 392400 370122
Automotive 69174 65557 62746 63839
Furniture 13536 13463 13321 13026
Lumber 17558 17665 18116 15615
Professional equipt. 48455 47031 46743 45047
Computer equipt. 18891 18370 17854 16330
Metals 33749 33931 33929 28640
Electrical goods 57983 57359 56791 54510
Hardware 25344 25269 25153 23198
Machinery 105830 103813 103389 94665
Misc. durable goods 33011 32910 32212 31582
Nondurable goods sto 250926 245859 239584 243163
Paper & paper products 10200 10140 10104 9506
Drugs 62627 64462 63131 60316
Apparel 27663 27955 27776 27207
Groceries 38953 38130 37391 39772
Farm-products 26881 19498 17905 24081
Chemicals 12971 13029 13021 12198
Petroleum, products 22630 25362 23026 22366
Alcohol 17817 17039 16780 17088
Misc. nondurable goods 31184 30244 30450 30629
Stock/sales ratios, total 1.20 1.30 1.19 1.23
Durable goods stock/sales 1.51 1.63 1.51 1.52
Automotive 1.60 1.68 1.44 1.50
Furniture 1.71 1.93 1.67 1.69
Lumber 1.33 1.53 1.29 1.21
Professional equipt. 1.05 1.09 1.08 1.08
Computer equipt. 0.76 0.82 0.79 0.78
Metals 1.92 2.18 1.93 2.01
Electrical goods 0.96 1.01 1.02 1.00
Hardware 1.96 2.14 1.91 1.91
Machinery 2.42 2.68 2.38 2.58
Misc. durable goods 1.45 1.61 1.49 1.46
Nondurable stock/sales 0.90 0.98 0.88 0.95
Paper & paper products 1.14 1.27 1.12 1.10
Drugs 0.97 1.14 1.01 1.03
Apparel 1.89 2.17 1.94 1.70
Groceries 0.69 0.74 0.67 0.71
Farm-products 1.43 1.33 1.01 1.18
Chemicals 1.06 1.22 1.11 1.14
Petroleum, products 0.33 0.39 0.35 0.43
Alcohol 1.28 1.38 1.18 1.34
Misc. nondurable goods 1.41 1.55 1.46 1.44
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