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10:00am 12/09/04 U.S. OCT WHOLESALE INVENTORY/SALES RATIO STEADY AT 1.15
10:00am 12/09/04 U.S. OCT. WHOLESALE SALES UP 1.6%
10:00am 12/09/04 U.S. OCT WHOLESALE INVENTORIES UP 1.1% VS 0.5% EXPECTED
10:00am 12/09/04 U.S. OCT. WHOLESALE NONDURABLE INVENTORIES UP 0.1%
10:00am 12/09/04 U.S. OCT. WHOLESALE DURABLE INVENTORIES UP 1.7%

ECONOMIC REPORT: U.S. wholesale inventories up 1.1%
By Rex Nutting, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 10:20 AM ET Dec. 9, 2004

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - Inventories at U.S. wholesalers rose an unexpected 1.1 percent in October, the Commerce Department estimated Thursday.

Seasonally adjusted sales at wholesalers increased 1.6 percent.

The inventory-to-sales ratio remained at a very tight 1.15, slightly higher than the record low 1.13 reached in May. The typical wholesaler had 35 days' worth of sales on hand in the warehouse. See the full report.

Economists were expecting a much smaller accumulation of inventories of 0.5 percent, according to the CBS MarketWatch survey.

In separate reports, the Labor Department said first-time claims for unemployment benefits rose to a 10-week high of 357,000. Also, import prices increased 0.2 percent in November, including a 0.7 percent rise in nonpetroleum import prices.

In the Commerce Department report, September's wholesale sales were revised higher to a 0.8 percent gain from 0.6 percent earlier. The month's wholesale inventory gain was revised higher to 0.6 percent from 0.5 percent earlier.

Wholesale sales were up 14.3 percent in the past year, while inventories rose 10.6 percent. The figures are not adjusted for inflation.

In October, durable goods were the source of strength in both sales and inventories. Durable goods sales increased 1.8 percent, while inventories advanced 1.7 percent. The inventory-to-sales ratio remained at 1.46.

Machinery accounted for about half the increase in durable sales. Auto sales increased 1.2 percent.

Inventories of metals rose 6.7 percent in October and have risen 60.8 percent in the past year. Lumber inventories increased 4 percent, while auto inventories fell 0.7 percent.

In nondurables, about half the 1.5 percent increase in sales came from petroleum, likely a function of higher price as much as greater volumes. Grocery and farm product sales also increased rapidly.

The inventory-to-sales ratio for nondurables fell to a record low 0.85.

Petroleum inventories gained 4.2 percent, accounting for all the 0.1 percent gain in nondurable inventories. Inventories of farm products plunged 9.7 percent and are down 29.7 percent in the past year.

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Esse resultado é bom ou é mau para a economia americana?

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Dados EUA - Wholesale Inventories: 1.1 (Esp. 0.5%)

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