A report released by the Commerce Department on Tuesday showed a bigger than expected decrease in U.S. business inventories in the month of April.
The Commerce Department said business inventories tumbled by 1.3 percent in April after falling by a revised 0.3 percent in March.
Economists had expected business inventories to decrease by 0.8 percent compared to the 0.2 percent dip originally reported for the previous month.
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