<H3>• U.S. Wholesale Trade— October 2015</H3>

• Sales. October 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 $448.0 billion, virtually unchanged (+/-0.5%) from the revised September level, but were down 3.7 percent (+/-1.4%) from the October 2014 level.

• Inventories. Total inventories of merchant wholesalers were $585.9 billion at the end of October, down 0.1 percent (+/-0.5%) from the revised September level, but were up 3.6 percent (+/-1.6%) from the October 2014 level.

• Inventories/Sales Ratio. The October inventories/sales ratio for merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices, based on seasonally adjusted data, was 1.31. The October 2014 ratio was 1.22.

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