美国批发存货在12月下跌0.5%,但销售额上升了1.0%,降低了库存与销售比率。 US wholesale inventories fell 0.5% in December, but sales rose 1.0%, easing the inventories-to-sales ratio.

美国批发库存在12月下降了0.5%,符合经济学家的预测,耐用商品比非耐用商品下降幅度更大。 US wholesale inventories dropped by 0.5% in December, matching economists' forecasts, with durable goods seeing a larger decline than non-durable goods. 尽管如此,批发销售增加了1.0%,原因是非耐用货物销售量大幅增加。 Despite this, wholesale sales increased by 1.0%, driven by a significant rise in non-durable goods sales. 商业批发商的库存与销售比率从1.33下降到1.31。 The inventories-to-sales ratio for merchant wholesalers decreased to 1.31 from 1.33.