September 2012 wholesale inventories were $494.2 billion, up 1.1 percent from August and up 7.5 percent from one year earlier. Sales were $414.0 billion, up 2.0 percent from August and up 4.4 percent from September 2011.
The September 2012 international
trade deficit decreased 5.1 percent from August, to $41.5 billion. Exports rose
3.1 percent, to $187.0 billion, and imports increased 1.5 percent, to $228.5
billion.
September 2012 new orders for manufactured durable goods increased 4.8 percent, to $475.4 billion. Shipments rose 0.9 percent, to $481.3 billion. Unfilled orders increased 0.2 percent, to $981.0 billion. And inventories rose 0.6 percent, to $615.7 billion.
Construction spending in September 2012 was $851.6 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, up 0.6 percent from the revised August 2012 estimate and up 7.8 percent from September 2011.
New orders for manufactured durable goods in September 2012 increased 9.9 percent, to $218.2 billion. Excluding transportation, new orders rose 2.0 percent. Overall shipments increased 0.8 percent. Capital goods shipments rose 1.7 percent. Unfilled orders grew 0.2 percent. And inventories increased 0.3 percent in September.
