For what it is worth, the US business and retail inventories for the month of December was released:
- Business inventories rose 0.1% versus 0.1% expected. Prior month was revised lower to 0.0% from 0.1%.
- Retail inventories rose 0.4% versus 0.2% last month.
Details:
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Total sales (manufacturers’ shipments + distributive trade): $1,965.9B in December
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+0.5% m/m vs November 2025
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+3.2% y/y vs December 2024
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Inventories-to-sales ratio: 1.36 in December
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1.39 in December 2024 (ratio declined year over year)
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It is early March, so the December data is old as the Census Department continues to catch up after the government shutdown..
This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.
