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8:30am 03/12/04 U.S. JAN. INVENTORIES UP 0.1% VS. 0.3% EXPECTED
8:30am 03/12/04 U.S. JAN. INVENTORY-SALES RATIO STILL RECORD LOW 1.33
8:30am 03/12/04 U.S. Q4 CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT FALLS TO $127.5 BLN
8:30am 03/12/04 U.S. Q4 NET CAPITAL INFLOWS $180.9 BLN V. $105.8 BLN Q3
8:30am 03/12/04 U.S. Q4 FOREIGN STOCK PURCHASES $22.7 BLN. VS -$3.4 BLN
8:30am 03/12/04 U.S. Q4 FOREIGN OFFICIAL ASSETS UP $64.4B V. $45.3B
8:30am 03/12/04 U.S. 2003 CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT RECORD $541.8 BLN

U.S. inventories rise 0.1% in January
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - U.S. business inventories rose 0.1 percent in January, the fifth consecutive increase, the Commerce Department said Friday. Inventories were at their highest level since May 2001 at $1.19 trillion.
Meanwhile, sales at U.S. businesses increased 0.4 percent to a record $896.6 billion. The inventory-to-sales ratio remained at a record low 1.33 in January.
Economists had been expecting inventories to rise 0.3 percent in January, according to a survey conducted by CBS MarketWatch.
Retail sales and inventories both increased 0.1 percent in January.
Retail auto inventories rose 0.3 percent while sales fell 3 percent. Excluding autos, retail inventories were flat.

U.S. Q4 current account gap falls to $127.5 billion
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - The U.S. current account deficit narrowed in the fourth quarter to $127.5 billion, but the improvement wasn't enough to prevent an annual record of $541.8 billion, the Commerce Department said Friday.
Economists had expected the current account deficit to expand to $136.3 billion in the quarter from $135.3 billion in the third quarter.
Foreigners' appetite for U.S. assets of all kinds increased in the fourth quarter and for the year.
Foreign capital inflows increased $232 billion in the fourth quarter and $856.7 billion for the year, offset by capital outflows of $51.1 billion in the quarter and $277.7 billion for the year.
The gap in trade of goods and services widened to $122.9 billion in the fourth quarter from $121.6 billion.
For the year, the trade gap rose to a record $490.2 billion from $418 billion in 2002.