US Data: Wholesale Trade - Percent Changes, Adjusted

Release for: November 2018

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

Percent changes calculated by Market News International

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Mo/mo percent change:        Nov-18  Oct-18  Sep-18

Sales, total                   -0.6    -0.6     0.1

Durable goods sales            -0.1    -0.5     0.2

Automotive                      1.8    -0.8    -0.4

Furniture                      -2.5    -2.3    -0.7

Lumber                         -0.9    -0.4    -2.2

Professional equipt.           -0.8     1.2    -0.7

Computer equipt.                0.4     4.5    -4.1

Metals                         -2.5     1.1    -0.2

Electrical goods                0.1    -1.8     0.1

Hardware                        1.0    -1.3     1.9

Machinery                      -1.6     0.4     1.2

Misc. durable goods             2.1    -1.9     2.6

Nondurable goods sales         -1.0    -0.6     0.1

Paper & paper products          1.9    -0.7     0.2

Drugs                           0.7     0.1     1.1

Apparel                         2.7    -0.7    -2.7

Groceries                       0.6     0.7    -0.6

Farm-products                   0.7    -9.5    -9.6

Chemicals                      -2.2     2.0     2.2

Petroleum, products            -5.1    -0.8     2.4

Alcohol                         1.3    -1.1     1.2

Misc. nondurable goods         -1.9     0.7     0.5

Inventories, total              0.3     0.9     0.7

(previous)                              0.8     0.7

Durable goods stocks            0.7     1.7     1.3

Automotive                      0.7     2.9     2.5

Furniture                       1.6     1.4     0.5

Lumber                          1.2     1.1     0.9

Professional equipt.            1.4     2.1     1.1

Computer equipt.                0.5     3.7     2.5

Metals                          0.9     0.8     1.1

Electrical goods                0.6     1.1     1.1

Hardware                        0.8     1.4     0.8

Machinery                       0.3     2.0     1.4

Misc. durable goods             0.4    -0.1     0.4

Nondurable goods stocks        -0.5    -0.4    -0.2

Paper & paper products          0.5    -0.3    -0.6

Drugs                           0.0     0.5    -1.5

Apparel                         0.2     3.3     1.3

Groceries                       1.0     0.3     0.2

Farm-products                   0.8    -1.3    -4.7

Chemicals                      -0.5    -0.6     0.1

Petroleum, products            -8.2    -9.6     5.7

Alcohol                        -1.3     1.5     1.1

Misc. nondurable goods          1.1     1.0    -0.7

Yr/yr percent change:        Nov-18

Sales, total                    4.0

Durable goods sales             4.7

Automotive                      2.7

Furniture                      -3.0

Lumber                         -3.9

Professional equipt.            1.9

Computer equipt.                5.8

Metals                         15.6

Electrical goods                6.1

Hardware                        2.2

Machinery                       9.8

Misc. durable goods             3.0

Nondurable goods sales          3.4

Paper & paper products          2.1

Drugs                           4.9

Apparel                        -6.5

Groceries                      -0.1

Farm-products                  -9.3

Chemicals                       6.3

Petroleum, products            12.2

Alcohol                         6.1

Misc. nondurable goods         -0.4

Inventories, total              6.5

Durable goods stocks            9.5

Automotive                      8.0

Furniture                       6.8

Lumber                         13.3

Professional equipt.           10.6

Computer equipt.               16.9

Metals                         17.3

Electrical goods                5.3

Hardware                       10.0

Machinery                      10.7

Misc. durable goods             5.7

Nondurable goods stocks         2.1

Paper & paper products          6.1

Drugs                           2.2

Apparel                         2.6

Groceries                       1.6

Farm-products                   9.5

Chemicals                       6.6

Petroleum, products           -11.9

Alcohol                         3.2

Misc. nondurable goods          3.5

--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com

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