US business inventories for September 2019

US business inventories for the month of September
  • US business inventories for September 0.0% versus 0.1% estimate. Prior month was revised to -0.1% from unchanged
  • business sales -0.2% versus 0.1% in the prior month (was +0.2%)
  • inventory/sales ratio 1.4 months versus 1.4 months last month
  • inventories ex autos revised to +0.2% versus +0.3% prior
  • retail inventories +0.2%, sales down -0.5%