Wholesale Trade, Sales And Inventories, for August 2016

Earlier today, the Commerce Department released its report on Wholesale Trade, Sales and Inventories, for August 2016:

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Sales, change from previous month: +0.7%

Sales, change from 12 months previous: +0.6%

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Inventories, change from previous month: -0.2%

Inventories, change from 12 months previous: -0.1%

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The highlighted percentages represent the change in sales and inventories of merchant wholesalers, excluding manufacturers’ sales branches and offices.

When inventories swell and sales lag, manufacturing / production tends to wane, and vice versa.

Click here to view the full Census Bureau report (PDF.)

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