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10:00am 11/12/04 U.S. SEPT. BUSINESS INVENTORIES UP 0.1% V FORECAST 0.5%
10:00am 11/12/04 U.S. SEPT. BUSINESS SALES UP 0.3%
10:00am 11/12/04 U.S. SEPT. INVENTORY-TO-SALES RATIO REMAINS AT 1.32

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Inventories at U.S. businesses rose 0.1 percent in September, below expectations and slower than the 0.3 percent increase in sales, the Commerce Department said Friday.
The inventory-to-sales ratio, an indication of demand, remained at 1.32 for the third consecutive month.
Economists had been expecting the nation's inventories to rise 0.5 percent in September, according to a survey conducted by CBS MarketWatch.




9:48am 11/12/04 U.S. NOV UMICH CONSUMER SENTIMENT 95.5 VS 93.8 EXPECTED

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- U.S. consumer sentiment improved slightly in early November, according to media reports of proprietary research from the University of Michigan released Friday.
The UMich consumer sentiment index rose to 95.5 from 91.7 in October. It's the best reading in three months.
Economists were expecting the index to rise to 93.8.

Dados EUA - Business Inventories: 0.1 (Esp. 0.5%)

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Dados EUA: U. Michigan Confidence: 95.5 (esp: 93.1)

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