Retail Inventories flay M/M in February, Wholesale inventories +0.5%

Advance International Trade in Goods
The international trade deficit was $86.7 billion in February, up $2.1 billion from $84.6 billion in January. Exports of goods for February were $130.1 billion, $5.1 billion less than January exports. Imports of goods for February were $216.9 billion, $3.0 billion less than January imports.

Advance Wholesale Inventories
Wholesale inventories for February, adjusted for seasonal variations and trading day differences, but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $681.1 billion, up 0.5 percent (±0.4 percent) from January 2021, and were up 1.8 percent (±1.1 percent) from February 2020. The December 2020 to January 2021 percentage change was unrevised at up 1.4 percent (±0.9 percent).

Advance Retail Inventories
Retail inventories for February, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $625.9 billion, virtually unchanged (±0.2 percent)* from January 2021, and were down 5.1 percent (±0.5 percent) from February 2020. The December 2020 to January 2021 percentage change was revised from down 0.5 percent (±0.2 percent) to down 0.3 percent (±0.2 percent).