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Business inventories were unchanged in January, the Commerce Department said Friday.
Economists had forecast a 0.1% gain in inventories, Bloomberg reported. Sales rose 0.6%.
Retailers’ inventories fell 0.1%, while factory stockpiles, which account for about 40% of the total, rose 0.2%. Auto dealers’ inventories rose 0.5%.
When sales are growing, it usually means trucking is seeing additional demand to deliver goods and restock shelves.
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