WASHINGTON - Business inventories in the U.S. rose 0.3% in May, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. Sales rose 0.2% in the month. The ratio of inventories to sales, meanwhile, was unchanged at 1.39.
That's how many months it would take to sell all the inventory on hand. One year ago, the inventory-to-sales ratio was 1.34. An increase in inventories adds to gross domestic product while a decrease subtracts from it. The increase in inventories in May was also unchanged at 0.5%.
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