Economic Buzz: US Wholesale Inventories Surge In August

10 Oct 2022 , 09:24 AM

A report released by the Commerce Department on Friday showed U.S. wholesale inventories surged by more than expected in the month of August. The Commerce Department said wholesales inventories shot up by 1.3 percent in August after rising by 0.6 percent in July. The bigger than expected increase in wholesale inventories came as inventories of durable and non-durable goods leapt by 1.3 percent and 1.2 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, the report showed wholesale sales inched up by 0.1 percent in August after tumbling by 1.5 percent in July.Powered by Commodity Insights