• Prior month +0.1%
• Wholesale inventories for May -0.3% versus -0.3% preliminary and estimate.
• Wholesale sales -0.3%.

Details from the Cencus Department release:

• Sales

  • May 2025 sales were $697.2 billion, down 0.3% from April 2025.

  • Sales were up 4.8% from May 2024.

  • April sales were revised from +0.1% to virtually unchanged from March.

• Inventories

  • May 2025 inventories totaled $905.5 billion, down 0.3% from April.

  • Inventories were up 1.4% compared to May 2024.

  • The month-to-month change of -0.3% was unrevised from the advance estimate.

• Inventories/Sales Ratio

  • May 2025 ratio: 1.30 (unchanged from last month)

  • May 2024 ratio: 1.34

  • The inventory/sales ratio lows levels going back to 2022

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.