Wholesale inventories fell 0.2% in June, after a decline the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
Sales increased 0.4% in June, after a 1.6% rise the prior month. The drop in inventories followed a 0.6% decline in May that was larger than originally reported.
Durable goods stockpiles were little changed, Commerce said.
Economists had called for a 0.4% gain in wholesale inventories, Bloomberg News reported.
Wholesale inventories account for about one-fourth of total business stockpiles, while retailers and factories account for the rest.
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