July 8 (Reuters) - Commerce Department report of wholesale inventories and sales, seasonally adjusted.
(PERCENT CHANGES) May Apr May'26/25
Inventories Total 0.1 0.7 4.0
Durable Goods 0.1 0.9 3.3
Automotive -0.1 0.4 -3.1
Prof'l Equipment 1.2 1.4 4.9
Computer Equip. 4.0 1.5 7.6
Machinery 0.0 0.2 1.5
Nondurable Goods 0.1 0.3 5.4
Petroleum -5.7 2.6 44.5
Inventories ex-autos* 0.1 N/A 4.9

(PERCENT CHANGES) May Apr May'26/25
Sales Total 3.4 2.2 18.1
Durable Goods 4.2 1.5 18.7
Automotive 1.4 0.9 1.3
Prof'l Equipment 4.5 1.6 18.8
Computer Equip. 7.3 2.8 25.7
Machinery 4.9 0.7 12.2
Nondurable Goods 2.6 2.9 17.4
Petroleum 8.6 8.6 66.3

(BILLIONS OF DLRS) May Apr May'25
Inventories Total 941.76 940.67 905.13
Durable Goods 585.79 585.12 567.26
Automotive 89.22 89.29 92.03
Nondurable Goods 355.97 355.56 337.87
Inventories ex-autos* 852.54 851.39 813.10

(BILLIONS OF DLRS) May Apr May'25
Sales Total 817.41 790.75 692.28
Durable Goods 400.26 384.17 337.07
Automotive 54.79 54.05 54.10
Nondurable Goods 417.14 406.58 355.22

Stock-to-Sales Ratio May Apr May'25
1.15 1.19 1.31

FORECASTS:
Reuters survey of U.S. economists forecast:
U.S. May wholesale inventories +0.3 pct

NOTES/HISTORICAL COMPARISONS:
Initial estimates of May wholesale inventories were released on June 26.
*Calculated by Reuters. N/A - not available
The stock-to-sales ratio is a measure of how long it would take to deplete inventories at the current sales pace.
((Washington newsroom))