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10:00am 10/14/05 U.S. AUG. RETAIL AUTO INVENTORIES RISE 1.7%
10:00am 10/14/05 U.S. AUG. RETAIL INVENTORIES UP 0.9%
10:00am 10/14/05 U.S. AUG. INVENTORY-SALES RATIO STEADY AT RECORD LOW 1.26
10:00am 10/14/05 U.S. AUG. INVENTORIES UP 0.4% VS. 0.2% EXPECTED

ECONOMIC REPORT: Inventories rise, but still lean in Aug.
By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch
Last Update: 10:01 AM ET Oct. 14, 2005

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - U.S. business inventories grew by 0.4% in August, matching the 0.4% rise in sales, the Commerce Department said Friday.

The inventory-to-sales ratio remained at a record low 1.26 months.

Economists surveyed by MarketWatch were expecting inventories to rise 0.2% after a revised 0.4% decline in July.

Much of the data in Friday's report had been released earlier. The one main new piece of news was retail inventories, which rose 0.9% in August, the biggest increase since November. Retail auto inventories increased 1.7%, the biggest rise in a year.

Retail sales fell 1.9% in August.

The inventory-to-sales ratio in retail rose to 1.45 months from 1.40 months.

For manufacturers, sales increased 1.7% and inventories fell 0.1%. The inventory-to-sales ratio dropped to 1.18 from 1.20.

For wholesalers, sales increased 1.3% in August and inventories rose 0.5%. The inventory-to-sales ratio dropped to 1.17 from 1.18.

In other reports released Friday, the Labor Department said consumer prices surged 1.2% in September, while core prices rose just 0.1%. Markets rallied on the tame core inflation report.

The Commerce Department said retail sales increased 0.2% in September, with sales excluding autos rising 1.1%.

The Federal Reserve said industrial production plunged 1.3%, the biggest drop in 23 years, as two hurricanes devastated the Gulf region.