Total manufacturing sales fell 1.0% to $71.5 billion in October, on lower sales in 11 of the 21 subsectors, led by the chemical (-6.0%), wood product (-9.0%) and transportation equipment (-2.3%) subsectors. On a year-over-year basis, sales were up 0.7% in October.
In real terms, sales declined 1.5% in October, while the Industrial Product Price Index rose 1.5%.
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