Business Inventories Rise Less Than Expected

June 13, 2006
Inventories held by manufacturers and other businesses rose four-tenths of a percentage point in April, the most recent month for which data are available, the U.S. Commerce Department reported on June 13. Economists had expected inventories to rise ...

Inventories held by manufacturers and other businesses rose four-tenths of a percentage point in April, the most recent month for which data are available, the U.S. Commerce Department reported on June 13. Economists had expected inventories to rise six-tenths of a percentage point.

Seasonally adjusted, business inventories totaled $1.31 trillion at the end of April, compared with $1.305 trillion at the end of March.

Manufacturers' inventories were $460.1 billion at the end of April, up seven-tenths of a percentage point from $457.9 billion at the end of March.

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