Manufacturing sales fell 2.0% to $70.4 billion in August, the fourth consecutive monthly decline. There were lower sales in 17 of 21 industries, led by the petroleum and coal product (-3.9%), chemical (-4.5%), primary metal (-3.2%), paper (-5.7%) and wood product (-4.3%) industries. Meanwhile, sales of beverage and tobacco products (+5.5%) and food (+0.6%) increased the most.
Sales in constant dollars decreased 1.7% in August, indicating lower volume of goods sold. Month over month, the Industrial Product Price Index declined 1.2% in August.
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