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Census bureau reports show wholesale and retail inventories jumped in November.
Advance Wholesale Inventories
Wholesale inventories for November, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $594.5 billion, up 0.9 percent from October 2016, and were up 1.2 percent from November 2015. The September 2016 to October 2016 percentage change was revised from down 0.4 percent to down 0.1 percent.
Advance Retail Inventories
Retail inventories for November, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $609.6 billion, up 1.0 percent from October 2016, and were up 4.1 percent from November 2015. The September 2016 to October 2016 percentage change was unrevised at down 0.4 percent.
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