Business inventories are the inventories held by merchants (retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers), valued in a dollar amount. Basically, how much is everything on hand worth?
This is computed monthly and tracked nationally, and put into a report released by the U.S. Department of Commerce titled "Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales." Generally, inventories are valued using the First In, First Out method.
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