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US Data: Wholesale Trade - Summary

Release for: November 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
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                                                  yr-ago   mo/mo   mo/mo   yr/yr
                          Nov-18  Oct-18  Sep-18  Nov-17  Nov-18  Oct-18  Nov-18
Inventories, total        654008  652318  646756  613960     0.3     0.9     6.5
Inventories ex auto*      584740  583506  579861  549794     0.2     0.6     6.4
Durables                  404594  401741  395170  369576     0.7     1.7     9.5
Autos                      69268   68812   66895   64166     0.7     2.9     8.0
Nondurables               249414  250577  251586  244384    -0.5    -0.4     2.1
Sales, total              505348  508186  511058  485814    -0.6    -0.6     4.0
Sales ex auto*            463551  467145  469700  445109    -0.8    -0.5     4.1
Durables                  245514  245838  247080  234595    -0.1    -0.5     4.7
Autos                      41797   41041   41358   40705     1.8    -0.8     2.7
Nondurables               259834  262348  263978  251219    -1.0    -0.6     3.4
Stock/sales, total          1.29    1.28    1.27    1.26      --      --      --
Ex. Auto ratio*             1.26    1.25    1.23    1.24      --      --      --
Durables                    1.65    1.63    1.60    1.58      --      --      --
Autos                       1.66    1.68    1.62    1.58      --      --      --
Nondurables                 0.96    0.96    0.95    0.97      --      --      --
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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