April wholesale inventories fall 1.4 percent
• APWholesalers slashed inventories more than
expected in April as businesses struggled to get stockpiles in line
with falling sales.
The
Commerce Department said wholesale inventories fell 1.4% in April, more than the 1.1% decline that economists
expected. It marked the 8th straight month that inventories dropped.
Sales at the wholesale level fell 0.4%



