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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Percent Changes, Unadjusted>

Release for:  September 2017
Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce
Percent changes calculated by Market News International
Mo/mo percent change:            Sep-17   Aug-17   Jul-17
Sales, total                       -3.8     11.5     -9.0
 Durable goods sales               -3.1     13.7    -10.7
  Automotive                       -7.7     16.7     -9.9
  Furniture                       -10.4     16.2     -4.5
  Lumber                           -8.8     10.5     -9.0
  Professional equipt.              1.2      6.5     -9.6
   Computer equipt.                 5.1      1.7    -10.2
  Metals                           -4.3     14.7    -10.7
  Electrical goods                  4.1     16.4    -13.0
  Hardware                         -9.4     11.6    -10.7
  Machinery                        -5.8     13.8    -11.0
  Misc. durable goods              -4.6     17.7    -11.7
 Nondurable goods sales            -4.5      9.5     -7.3
  Paper & paper products          -12.2     12.6     -7.8
  Drugs                            -7.7     10.7     -8.4
  Apparel                          -5.4     21.3      5.0
  Groceries                        -6.4      5.9     -4.0
  Farm-products                    -5.9      3.6     -8.8
  Chemicals                        -6.0      9.1     -3.6
  Petroleum, products               6.7     11.5     -4.8
  Alcohol                         -11.1     17.4    -22.6
  Misc. nondurable goods           -8.9      2.7    -15.1
Inventories, total                  1.6      0.1      0.5
 Durable goods stocks               0.4      0.4      1.7
  Automotive                        1.4     -1.4      0.7
  Furniture                         1.2      1.5      2.3
  Lumber                           -1.9      0.3     -0.1
  Professional equipt.             -1.4      0.9      1.0
   Computer equipt.                -1.7      2.2     -0.2
  Metals                            0.0      1.7      3.0
  Electrical goods                  0.8      2.3      4.3
  Hardware                          0.3      0.1      0.0
  Machinery                        -0.3     -0.4      1.4
  Misc. durable goods               4.3      1.7      2.9
 Nondurable goods stocks            3.6     -0.4     -1.4
  Paper & paper products            2.0     -0.2     -1.6
  Drugs                             5.4      1.9     -6.0
  Apparel                          -0.5     -0.6      4.9
  Groceries                         1.9      1.7      1.1
  Farm-products                    17.5    -11.6     -4.9
  Chemicals                         1.1      0.1      0.9
  Petroleum, products               4.5     -1.6     -1.8
  Alcohol                          -0.6     -2.1      1.7
  Misc. nondurable goods            1.2      1.4     -0.1
Yr/yr percent change:            Sep-17
Sales, total                        5.5
 Durable goods sales                6.2
  Automotive                        9.0
  Furniture                        -5.0
  Lumber                            5.5
  Professional equipt.              0.6
   Computer equipt.                 3.3
  Metals                           17.6
  Electrical goods                  7.6
  Hardware                          0.5
  Machinery                         6.7
  Misc. durable goods              10.5
 Nondurable goods sales             4.7
  Paper & paper products           -4.9
  Drugs                            -0.6
  Apparel                          -8.2
  Groceries                        -1.1
  Farm-products                     0.7
  Chemicals                         5.2
  Petroleum, products              29.9
  Alcohol                          -3.2
  Misc. nondurable goods            0.3
Inventories, total                  4.6
 Durable goods stocks               5.7
  Automotive                        7.8
  Furniture                         4.8
  Lumber                            6.5
  Professional equipt.              5.4
   Computer equipt.                 7.7
  Metals                           11.8
  Electrical goods                 11.1
  Hardware                          3.4
  Machinery                         0.3
  Misc. durable goods               7.9
 Nondurable goods stocks            2.9
  Paper & paper products            4.5
  Drugs                             2.8
  Apparel                          -5.8
  Groceries                         3.8
  Farm-products                    11.4
  Chemicals                         3.1
  Petroleum, products               4.7
  Alcohol                          -1.5
  Misc. nondurable goods            6.9
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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