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Business Inventories up 1.1% in January 2022
The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for January, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,784.8 billion, up 3.7 percent (±0.3 percent) from December 2021 and was up 15.5 percent (±0.6 percent) from January 2021.
Manufacturers’ and trade inventories for January, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $2,237.9 billion, up 1.1 percent (±0.1 percent) from December 2021 and were up 11.4 percent (±0.5 percent) from January 2021.
The total business Inventories/Sales Ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of January was 1.25. The January 2021 ratio was 1.30.
Posted: March 16, 2022 Wednesday 10:00 AM