Inventories Up 1.0% While Wholesale Sales Slip 0.8%

WASHINGTON — Wholesale inventories increased 1.0% in February as wholesale sales dropped 0.8%, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Economists expected a 1.0% increase in inventories and a 1.8% gain in sales, according to the median estimate from Thomson Reuters.

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