The US Commerce Department reported Tuesday on rise of business inventories in November to 1.62 trillion USD on a seasonally adjusted level.
Inventories are up 5.5% from November 2011 levels.
The increase in November to 0.3% followen 0,4% growth in October.
Business sales in November grew 1.0%. The inventory-to-sales ratio remained 1.28.
Rising inventories are a good sign for the economy when they reflect an uptick in demand, but they can also increase when companies are unable to sell goods and services as fast as they expected.