December 2016 US business inventories 0.4% vs 0.4% exp m/m

• Prior 0.7%
• Sales 2.0% vs 0.3% prior
• Inventory/sales ratio 1.35 vs 1.38 prior
• Retail inventories revision 0.4% vs 0.2% advance. Nov 0.5%

A decent jump in sales and that east into the inventories, which would suggest a pick up in things like production is coming.