US Wholesale Trade Slightly Down in September, Inventories Slightly Up

Source: US Census Bureau

American wholesale trade sales posted a slight decline, while inventories were marginally up in September. VDC is down 0.10%.

• Sales of merchant wholesalers stood at $595.5 billion, 1.1% lower than the previous month but 20.6% higher than August 2020’s level.
• The June to July percentage change was revised to reflect a 2.1% increase versus the previously recorded 2.0%.
• Total inventories were $731.1 billion, up 1.2% from July and 12.3% higher than the same level a year ago.
• The July to August inventory percentage change was kept at a 1.2% increase.