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March 2013 Business Inventories and Sales Continues to Show Little Improvement

Written by Steven Hansen Econintersect‘s analysis of final business sales data (retail plus wholesale plus manufacturing) for March 2013 is closer to the headline data. business sales with this month’s data is continuing to trend less good (positive growth, slower … Continue reading

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February 2013 Business Inventories and Sales A Nasty Data Point

Written by Steven Hansen Econintersect‘s analysis of final business sales data (retail plus wholesale plus manufacturing) for February 2013 is much worse than the headline data. business sales with this month’s data is trending less good (positive growth, slower rate … Continue reading

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Business Inventories and Sales Improve in January 2013

Written by Steven Hansen Econintersect‘s analysis of final business sales data (retail plus wholesale plus manufacturing) for January 2013 is better than the headline data. business sales now seem to be flat (rate of growth unchanged). The inventory levels are … Continue reading

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Business Inventories and Sales Mixed in December 2013

Written by Steven Hansen Econintersect‘s analysis of final business sales data (retail plus wholesale plus manufacturing) for December 2012 is worse than the headline data. business sales remain in a long term downtrend. The inventory levels are not sending any … Continue reading

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Business Inventories and Sales Continue Slowing Trend November 2012

Written by Steven Hansen Econintersect‘s analysis of final business sales data (retail plus wholesale plus manufacturing) for November 2012 is worse than the headline data. business sales remain in a long term downtrend. The inventory levels are not sending any … Continue reading

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Business Inventories and Sales Seem OK in October 2012

Written by Steven Hansen Econintersect‘s analysis of final business sales data (retail plus wholesale plus manufacturing) for October 2012 is better than the headline data. business sales remain in a long term downtrend – but are now near the upper … Continue reading

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Business Inventories and Sales in September 2012 Have Recessionary Whiff

Written by Steven Hansen Econintersect‘s analysis of final business sales data (retail plus wholesale plus manufacturing) for September 2012 is not as good as the headline data. business sales remain in a long term downtrend. The inventory levels have been … Continue reading

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Business Inventories and Sales Are Mixed in August 2012

Written by Steven Hansen The final business sales data (retail plus wholesale plus manufacturing) for August 2012 is not as good as the headline data. business sales remain in a long term downtrend. The inventory buildup this month is unchanged … Continue reading

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Business Inventories Are Still High in July 2012

Written by Steven Hansen The final business sales data (retail plus wholesale plus manufacturing) for July 2012 is not as good as either the numbers show on Econintersect‘s or the US Census analysis of the data. The reason the data … Continue reading

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Business Inventories Situation Nasty in June 2012

Written by Steven Hansen The final business sales data (retail plus wholesale plus manufacturing) for June 2012 clearly turned ugly – barely growing year-over-year. Hopefully next month’s data will improve if this morning’s retail sales are an indication. There was … Continue reading

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Business Inventories and More Complete Sales Data Good in May 2012

Written by Steven Hansen Business sales rate of growth improved marginally, but the good news is that inventories showed little growth. Business data combines manufacturing, wholesale and retail sales. May 2012 results do not show the softness we are currently … Continue reading

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Business Inventories Look Good In April 2012

Written by Steven Hansen Business sales rate of growth improved marginally, but the good news is that inventories showed little growth. Business data combines manufacturing, wholesale and retail sales. The data this month was historically reset due to the new … Continue reading

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Business Sales and Inventories Cools Somewhat In March 2012

Written by Steven Hansen Business sales rate of growth continued to slow in 2012, while inventory-to-sales ratios were in the middle of a normal range. Business sales combines manufacturing, wholesale and retail sales. The data this month was historically reset … Continue reading

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February 2012 Business Sales and Inventories Up

Written by Steven Hansen Business sales continued to show moderate growth in February 2012, while inventory-to-sales ratios remain low. Business sales combines manufacturing, wholesale and retail sales. The data this month was historically reset due to the new wholesale data … Continue reading

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January 2012 Business Sales and Inventories Rebound Slightly

Written by Steven Hansen Business sales showed moderate growth in January 2012 – rebounding from soft numbers in December.  Business sales combines manufacturing, wholesale and retail sales. Business sales (inflation adjusted) now show 4.3% growth year-over-year – literally twice real … Continue reading

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December 2011 Business Sales & Inventories Very Soft

Business sales continued to show moderate growth in December 2011 – but are strangely soft. Business sales combines manufacturing, wholesale and retail sales. Business sales (inflation adjusted) now has the worst growth rate since February 2010 confirming this softness. Inventories … Continue reading

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Moderate Growth Continued in November 2011 Business Sales

Business sales continued to show moderate growth in November 2011.   Business sales combines manufacturing, wholesale and retail sales. Business sales (inflation adjusted) have remained in a channel since April 2011 with no apparent trend – in other words, the … Continue reading

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October 2011 Business Sales Show No Recessionary Indications

Business sales continued to show moderate growth in October 2011. Business sales combines manufacturing, wholesale and retail sales. US Census Headlines: sales up 0.7% month-over-month, up 10.9% year-over-year inventories up 0.8% month-over-month, sales-to-inventory ratios up were 1.32 one year ago … Continue reading

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September 2011 Business Sales Show Continuing Growth

Business sales continued to show moderate growth in September 2011.  Business sales combines manufacturing, wholesale and retail sales. US Census Headlines: sales up 0.6% month-over-month, up 11.6% year-over-year inventories unchanged month-over-month, sales-to-inventory ratios up were 1.30 one year ago – … Continue reading

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Business Sales Strong in August 2011

Business sales are up 0.3% over July, and 11.8% 2010. Econintersect’s analysis shows sales are up 3.9% over July, and up an inflation adjusted 8.1% over 2010. Continue reading

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