The AP reports:

Inventories held by wholesalers rose for a fourth straight month in April while sales rose for a 13th consecutive time. Both gains were encouraging signs that point to a sustained economic recovery.

Wholesale inventories increased 0.4 percent last month after a 0.7 percent gain in March, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Sales increased 0.7 percent in April, helped by higher demand for autos, lumber, computers and electrical equipment. The rise followed a 2.4 percent surge in March.

The hope is that a sustained rise in demand will prompt businesses to step up orders and restock depleted shelves. That would give a boost to factories and prompt cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365m to increase hiring.

As EconomPic has detailed, cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365se figures are all in nominal terms (see here). As a result, some of April's figures look "juiced"... most notably lumber which jumped anocá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365r ~10% in price during cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 month. More broadly, commodity prices jumped 1.94% in April (per cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 DJ UBS Commodity Index) hence cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 reason for some of cá cược thể thao bet365_cách nạp tiền vào bet365_ đăng ký bet365 strong figures. The strength in electrical, hardware, and computer equipment is a good sign however, but is offset somewhat by machinery.

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