Category Archives: Economic Indicators

January Wholesale Sales (+2.7%) and Inventories (+0.8%)

Posted on March 11, 2008 by John Rutledge

(March 10, 2008) – The Census Bureau announced this morning, in a Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories release, that January 2008 seasonally adjusted sales of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices, were $387.7 billion, an increase of … Continue reading →

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Japan January Machinery Orders Jump 19.6%

Posted on March 10, 2008 by John Rutledge

(March 10, 2008) – Japanese January Machinery Orders, a key indicator of capital spending, posted their biggest gain in seven years in January. Machinery orders jumped 19.6% in January from the previous mont, much higher than the 3.1% rise projected … Continue reading →

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