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Written by Steven Hansen January 2014 wholesale sales and inventories data was soft. This data series is very noisy, and has been on a roller coaster of one good month / one bad month. The three month rolling averages for sales is decelerating.

Written by Steven Hansen December 2013 wholesale sales and inventories data was relatively strong. This data series is very noisy, and has been on a roller coaster of one good month / one bad month. Even the unadjusted three month rolling average is stronger than the headline data this month.

Written by Steven Hansen November 2013 wholesale sales and inventories data was mixed. This data series is very noisy, and has been on a roller coaster of one good month / one bad month – except the unadjusted data has had two bad months now in a row. There is considerable difference between the adjusted …

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Written by Steven Hansen October 2013 wholesale sales and inventories data was not as good as last month. This data series is very noisy, and has been on a roller coaster of one good month / one bad month. Consider that the rolling average of sales growth decelerated this month while inventories are within the …

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Written by Steven Hansen September 2013 wholesale sales and inventories data had a good month. This data series is very noisy, and has been on a roller coaster of one good month / one bad month. Consider that the rolling average of sales growth is accelerating while inventories are within acceptable ranges for periods of …

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