<H3>• U.S. Wholesale Trade, Inventories — December 2015</H3>

December 2015 sales of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices, after adjustment for seasonal variations and trading-day differences but not for price changes, were $440.0 billion, down 0.3 percent (+/-0.9%) from the revised November level and were down 4.5 percent (+/-1.4%) from the December 2014 level. The November preliminary estimate was revised downward $1.3 billion or 0.3 percent.

December sales of durable goods were up 0.3 percent (+/-1.1%) from last month, but were down 3.0 percent (+/-2.1%) from a year ago. Sales of motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies were up 2.5 percent from last month, while sales of electrical and electronic goods were down 1.9 percent.

Sales of nondurable goods were down 0.9 percent (+/-1.1%) from November and were down 5.9 percent (+/-1.8%) from last December. Sales of petroleum and petroleum products were down 4.5 percent from last month….

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