Wholesaler sales fell in November
The U.S. Census Bureau announced that November 2014 sales of merchant wholesalers were $452.2 billion.
The total was down 0.3 percent from the revised October level, but up 2.4 percent from the November 2013 level.
November sales of durable goods were up 0.2 percent from last month and were up 6.3 percent from a year ago. Sales of nondurable goods were down 0.8 percent from October and were down 0.8 percent from last November.
Total inventories of merchant wholesalers were $547.2 billion at the end of November, up 0.8 percent from the revised October level and were up 7.1 percent from the November 2013 level.
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