The U.S. Census Bureau announced the following new manufacturing and trade statistics for November 2023. The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for November, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,858.8 billion, up 0.2 percent (±0.1 percent) from October 2023 and was up 1.0 percent (±0.3 percent) from November 2022. Inventories Manufacturers’ and trade inventories for November, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $2,548.9 billion, down 0.1 ... (full story)