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Business Inventories up 0.4% in September 2022
The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for September, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,847.9 billion, up 0.2 percent (±0.2 percent)* from August 2022 and was up 11.5 percent (±0.2 percent) from September 2021.
Manufacturers’ and trade inventories for September, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $2,464.4 billion, up 0.4 percent (±0.1 percent) from August 2022 and were up 17.8 percent (±0.4 percent) from September 2021.
The total business Inventories/Sales Ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of September was 1.33. The September 2021 ratio was 1.26.
Posted: November 16, 2022 Wednesday 10:00 AM