U.S. Sept wholesale inventories rose 0.4 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | November 7, 2003

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U.S. Sept wholesale inventories rose 0.4 pct
Friday November 7, 10:01 am ET

 WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Department 
report of wholesale inventories and sales, seasonally adjusted.
(Percent Changes)        Sept    Aug  (Prev) Sept03/02
Inventories Total         0.4   -0.1   -0.2      0.9
  Durable Goods           0.2   -0.3   -0.5     -0.2
Automotive               -0.3   -1.7   -1.7      1.1
Prof'l equip              0.1    0.7    0.6      1.7
Computer equip           -1.5   -1.2   -0.9     -7.1
Machinery                -0.4   -0.1   -0.5     -2.8
  Nondurable Goods        0.5    0.1    0.3      2.6
Petroleum                 2.4    5.1    4.5      7.0
.                        Sept    Aug  (Prev) Sept03/02
Sales Total               0.5    0.2    0.4      3.9
  Durable Goods           1.6   -0.4   -0.7      3.0
Automotive                1.1   -0.7   -0.9      2.0
Prof'l equip              2.0   -1.9   -2.6     -2.1
Computer equip            4.8   -4.9   -4.9     -8.4
Machinery                -0.5    1.3    1.6      4.9
  Nondurable Goods       -0.5    0.8    1.5      4.7
Petroleum                -2.6    3.5    5.0     12.0
(Billions of dlrs)       Sept      Aug    (Prev)   Sept'02
Inventories Total      289.78   288.72   288.59   287.19
  Durable Goods        172.87   172.44   172.08   173.22
Automotive              24.62    24.70    24.72    24.34
  Nondurables          116.91   116.28   116.51   113.97
(Billions of dlrs)       Sept      Aug    (Prev)   Sept'02
Sales Total            240.74   239.52   239.94   231.75
  Durable Goods        114.96   113.12   112.71   111.65
Automotive              18.16    17.96    17.93    17.80
  Nondurables          125.78   126.40   127.23   120.11
Stock-to-sales ratio     Sept      Aug    (Prev)   Sept'02
.                        1.20     1.21     1.20     1.24
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast: 
 U.S. Sept wholesale inventories +0.1 pct
 HISTORICAL:
 U.S. Sept wholesale sales highest on record.
 U.S. Sept stock/sales ratio lowest on record.

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The full Commerce Dept report is at MONTHLY WHOLESALE TRADE: SALES AND INVENTORIES - SEPTEMBER 2003

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