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10:00am 02/09/04 U.S. WHOLESALE INVENTORY-SALES RATIO RECORD LOW 1.17
10:00am 02/09/04 U.S. DEC. WHOLESALE INVENTORIES UP 0.6%, MOST IN 1 YEAR
10:00am 02/09/04 U.S. DEC. WHOLESALE SALES UP 1%, UP 8% YEAR-OVER-YEAR

U.S. Dec. wholesale inventories tighten

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - Inventories at U.S. wholesalers grew 0.6 percent in December, but sales increased even faster at 1 percent, driving the inventory-to-sales ratio to a record low 1.17, the Commerce Department reported Monday.
Inventories grew at the fastest rate in a year during December to $294.5 billion, the highest since September 2001 and 2 percent higher than a year earlier.
Sales were up 8 percent since December 2002.
In December, inventories of durable goods increased 0.9 percent. Sales of durable goods rose 1.4 percent.
The inventory-to-sales ratio for durable goods dropped to a record low 1.46.
Inventories of nondurable goods increased 0.1 percent.
Sales of nondurable goods increased 0.7 percent.
The inventory-to-sales ratio for nondurable goods remained at 0.91.