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Business Inventory-To-Sales Ratio Surges To Worst Since Lehman

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And to complete this morning's trifecta of disappointment, Business Inventories miss (for the 8th of the last 9 months) and show no change MoM - the weakest since May 2013. Building Materials, Furniture, and Autos saw inventories fall as Department Store inventories rose. Coupled with sales weakness (retail sales -0.9%), this is the highest inventory-to-sales ratio since Lehman... just as with Wholesale inventories...

 

Worst monthly change since May 2013...

 

and highest inventrory to sales ratio since Lehman...

 

But apart from that...

 

Charts: Bloomberg

 

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Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:13 | 5881298 bnbdnb
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BTFD!

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:14 | 5881304 unrulian
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perhaps it's just me but there seems to be an ever increasing of "worse since Lehman" charts lately

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:21 | 5881329 Poundsand
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Drinking game on!  Have to take a drink for each headline on ZH with any variation of "worst since Lehman" in it.

With both the financial and political news what it is, I need that drink!  Bring 'em on Tylers!

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:27 | 5881356 NoDebt
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Pack 'em, stack 'em and rack 'em.  If we keep building this shit and stashing it somewhere, eventually it will all be sold.  Just like oil.  No need to lower the price to clear it out.  Just keep building and storing.  Building and storing.  

It'll be fine.  You'll see.

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:34 | 5881402 PTR
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Just rent the extra tankers and shipping barges.  I heard there were a few extra ones floating around in the marketplace.

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:13 | 5881301 Nafets93
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... everything is awesome.

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:29 | 5881372 Creepy A. Cracker
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Or be sent to jail...

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:14 | 5881303 venturen
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so this is good for Oligarchs...Right?

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:16 | 5881311 ghostzapper
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BTFWSL

 

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:25 | 5881343 ghostzapper
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Ooops, appears as though one of the other articles unleashed a BTF(whatajokewearebackinlehmanzone) moniker.  I clicked on this one first as I was more drawn to seeing the ramping of the inventory/sales ratio.  Not trying to steal any zingers from ZH.  

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:24 | 5881317 venturen
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to NoVa....Worst since Portsmouth last won the FA cup

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:23 | 5881337 KenShabby
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Seems like everything, literally, is "worse since Lehman." 

Nothing to see here, just move along....

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:24 | 5881341 MATA HAIRY
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bullardish

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:27 | 5881363 Creepy A. Cracker
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Bullish!!!

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:31 | 5881382 sudzee
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But, but, but, I was under the impression that the west coast port problems was depleting inventories. 

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:37 | 5881418 starman
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Im just waiting for my tax return. 

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:49 | 5881456 kowalli
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Worst Since Lehman(c)
Thu, 03/12/2015 - 11:00 | 5881504 foodstampbarry
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Steve LIESman, what say you? "This just doesn't make any sense, the fundamentals are strong".

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