Thursday, December 10, 2009

Wholesale stocks in the U.S. unexpectedly rose in October

Wholesale inventories in the U.S. unexpectedly showed moderate growth in October.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the volume of wholesale stocks rose by 0.3% after declining by 0.8% in September. The growth rate was a surprise to experts predicting its fall to 0,5%.
Wholesale stocks rose for the first time since August 2008. Nevertheless, over the same period last year had fallen to 13,5%.
At the same time, sales of wholesale stocks rose in October at 1.2% after rising 1.3% in the previous month.

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