more than offsetting a 0.2 percent dip by wholesale inventories. Meanwhile, the Commerce Department said business sales climbed by 0.5 percent in November after coming in unchanged in October.

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Retail inventories excluding autos, which go into the calculation of GDP, increased 0.5%, instead of the previously reported 0.6%. They advanced 0.3% in October. Wholesale inventories fell 0.2% in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business inventories rose marginally in November, suggesting that restocking will probably not contribute to economic growth in the fourth quarter. Inventories ticked ...

They were unchanged in October. Retail inventories excluding autos, which go into the calculation of GDP, increased 0.5%, instead of the previously reported 0.6%. They advanced 0.3% in October.