US Data: Wholesale Trade - Percent Changes, Unadjusted>

Release for:  December 2018

Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce

Percent changes calculated by Market News International

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

Sales, total                       -2.8     -7.4     10.5

 Durable goods sales               -0.7     -7.5      9.5

  Automotive                       -1.8     -3.7     11.0

  Furniture                        -4.9     -7.4     13.9

  Lumber                          -15.9    -15.0     14.4

  Professional equipt.              8.4     -6.6      7.2

   Computer equipt.                10.3     -8.3     10.4

  Metals                          -10.0    -12.9     12.8

  Electrical goods                 -1.7     -6.3      5.5

  Hardware                        -14.5     -8.6      9.1

  Machinery                         9.9    -12.6     12.4

  Misc. durable goods              -9.1     -0.9     10.4

 Nondurable goods sales            -4.8     -7.4     11.5

  Paper & paper products           -4.7     -8.2     12.1

  Drugs                            -0.5     -4.8     13.9

  Apparel                         -22.8     -8.4     14.4

  Groceries                        -1.4     -4.5      9.4

  Farm-products                    -5.1     -7.0     28.0

  Chemicals                       -11.5    -10.2     14.8

  Petroleum, products              -9.7    -12.5      5.1

  Alcohol                           9.3      1.9     12.3

  Misc. nondurable goods           -6.1     -9.7     14.3

Inventories, total                  0.8      0.5      2.0

 Durable goods stocks               0.0      0.1      1.9

  Automotive                       -2.3      3.7      5.3

  Furniture                         1.5     -1.0      0.6

  Lumber                            2.2     -0.7     -0.9

  Professional equipt.             -1.2      0.4      3.0

   Computer equipt.                -1.6     -0.6      2.8

  Metals                            3.8      0.1     -0.6

  Electrical goods                  0.9     -2.1      1.3

  Hardware                          2.0      0.0      0.2

  Machinery                        -0.3      1.0      1.8

  Misc. durable goods              -1.2     -6.5      0.3

 Nondurable goods stocks            2.0      1.1      2.2

  Paper & paper products            3.0      0.5      0.5

  Drugs                             2.8      2.5     -2.8

  Apparel                           4.8     -5.2     -0.9

  Groceries                        -0.9      0.1      2.3

  Farm-products                     0.8     14.8     38.0

  Chemicals                         2.0     -1.0     -0.6

  Petroleum, products              -2.2    -10.3     -9.8

  Alcohol                          -8.2     -1.5      4.6

  Misc. nondurable goods           10.4      4.6      3.3

Yr/yr percent change:            Dec-18

Sales, total                        1.2

 Durable goods sales                3.7

  Automotive                       -1.3

  Furniture                         2.7

  Lumber                           -5.2

  Professional equipt.              5.0

   Computer equipt.                 8.9

  Metals                            8.7

  Electrical goods                  4.5

  Hardware                         -4.3

  Machinery                         8.1

  Misc. durable goods               6.5

 Nondurable goods sales            -1.1

  Paper & paper products            2.1

  Drugs                             5.1

  Apparel                          -5.2

  Groceries                         1.2

  Farm-products                    -9.3

  Chemicals                        -1.1

  Petroleum, products              -6.9

  Alcohol                           8.4

  Misc. nondurable goods           -6.2

Inventories, total                  7.3

 Durable goods stocks              10.7

  Automotive                        7.8

  Furniture                         9.0

  Lumber                           14.9

  Professional equipt.             11.5

   Computer equipt.                16.1

  Metals                           21.3

  Electrical goods                  6.5

  Hardware                         12.3

  Machinery                        12.7

  Misc. durable goods               3.7

 Nondurable goods stocks            2.4

  Paper & paper products            7.6

  Drugs                             0.6

  Apparel                           7.8

  Groceries                         1.4

  Farm-products                     7.9

  Chemicals                         4.5

  Petroleum, products             -12.9

  Alcohol                           2.5

  Misc. nondurable goods            6.4

  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **

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