US DATA: Business inv +0.7% in Sept, business sales +1.4%, inv/sales
ratio 1.28 vs 1.29 in Aug. Business sales rise largest since March 2011.
Retail inv +0.3%, but flat ex. mtr veh. Total business inventories ex.
retail auto +0.6%. The retail categories were mixed in Sept: mtr veh inv
+0.9%, building materials +0.2%, clothing +0.1%, food +0.3%. Offsets
from furniture -0.4% and general merchandise stores -0.4%, with dept
stores -1.5%. Other ret inv not published +0.2%, based on MNI calc.