Business Sales Climb 2.2%; Inventories Add 1.0%

WASHINGTON — Business inventories increased 1.0% in March as retail inventories gained 0.9%, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

Business sales jumped 2.2%, the largest increase in a year.

Inventories for February were revised higher to a 0.7% increase from the 0.5% climb reported last month.

Economists expected inventories would increase 0.8% for the month.

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