U.S. Aug wholesale inventories fell 0.2 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | October 8, 2003

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U.S. Aug wholesale inventories fell 0.2 pct
Wednesday October 8, 9:57 am ET

 WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Department
report of wholesale inventories and sales, seasonally adjusted.
(Percent Changes)      Aug   July  (Prev)  Aug03/02
Inventories Total     -0.2   unch   unch      0.7
  Durable Goods       -0.5   -0.6   -0.5     -0.6
Automotive            -1.7   -2.4   -2.1      4.2
Prof'l equip           0.6    0.7    1.0     -0.3
Computer equip.       -0.9   -1.6    0.2     -8.7
Machinery             -0.5   -0.6   -0.5     -3.7
  Nondurable Goods     0.3    1.0    0.8      2.7
Petroleum              4.5   -0.3   -0.9      7.7
.                      Aug   July  (Prev)  Aug03/02
Sales Total            0.4    0.5    0.4      3.3
  Durable Goods       -0.7    0.2    0.4     unch
Automotive            -0.9   -1.0   -1.0     -3.0
Prof'l equip          -2.6   -0.1    0.5     -3.7
Computer equip.       -4.9   -1.1   unch    -12.7
Machinery              1.6    2.0    1.5      8.2
  Nondurable Goods     1.5    0.8    0.5      6.4
Petroleum              5.0    2.9    1.8     19.8
(Billions of dlrs)        Aug     July    (Prev)    Aug'02
Inventories Total      288.59   289.06   289.04   286.69
  Durable Goods        172.08   172.94   173.09   173.20
Automotive              24.72    25.13    25.21    23.72
  Nondurables          116.51   116.12   115.95   113.48
(Billions of dlrs)        Aug     July    (Prev)    Aug'02
Sales Total            239.94   238.92   238.73   232.37
  Durable Goods        112.71   113.52   113.71   112.75
Automotive              17.93    18.09    18.11    18.48
  Nondurables          127.23   125.40   125.02   119.63
Stock-to-sales ratio      Aug     July    (Prev)    Aug'02
.                        1.20     1.21     1.21     1.23
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast:
 U.S. Aug wholesale inventories +0.1 pct
 HISTORICAL:
 U.S. Aug 1.20 stock/sales ratio lowest on record.

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The full Commerce Dept report (.pdf) is at MONTHLY WHOLESALE TRADE: SALES AND INVENTORIES - AUGUST 2003

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