(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Milano, 21 apr - US manufacturing and trade inventories rose 0.4% to 2,686.8 billion dollars in February from a month before, the US Census Bureau said.

Economists had expected a 0.3% rise.

Inventories were up 1.3% on the year.

Sales were up 1.7% compared to January and up 5.5% from February 2025.

The total business inventories/sales ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of February was 1.33. The.

February 2025 ratio was 1.39.

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