Courtesy of Mish.
The US Commerce Department Monthly Wholesales Report for January 2015 shows sales are down while inventories continue to rise.
Wholesale Trade Sales
- Sales down 3.1% from the revised December level
- Sales for December revised lower by 0.5%
- Sales down 1.0% from January 2014
- Sales of electrical and electronic goods were down 4.4% from December
- Sales of metals and minerals, except petroleum were down 4.1% from December
- Sales of nondurable goods were down 4.6% from December
- Sales of nondurable goods were down 6.7% from last January.
- Sales of petroleum and petroleum products were down 13.5% from December
- Sales of drugs and druggists’ sundries were down 3.6% from December
Wholesale Trade Inventories
- Inventories up 0.3% from the revised December level
- Inventories up 6.2% from January 2014 level
- Inventories for December revised downward by 0.1%
- January inventories of durable goods were up 0.6%
- January inventories of durable goods were up 7.7% from a year ago
- Inventories of electrical and electronic goods were up 2.4% from December
- Inventories of motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies were up 1.6% from December
- Inventories of nondurable goods were down 0.1% from December
- Inventories of nondurable goods were up 3.7% from last January
- Inventories of farm product raw materials were down 4.6% from December
- Inventories of paper and paper products were up 3.0% from December
Inventory to Sales Ratio
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Seasonally Adjusted Sales
Seasonally Adjusted Sales Percent Change From Year Ago
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