| 1 | Wholesale price readings have also suggested scant inflation pressure. Prices received by farms, factories and refineries fell for a third straight month in June, the government said on Thursday. | |
| 2 | JPMorgan's wholesale and consumer loan books shrank 22 and 11 percent respectively compared to the fourth quarter last year. | |
| 3 | U.S. wholesale inventories for October will be released on Wednesday and are forecast to drop by 0.5 percent for the month after a 0.9 percent decline in the prior month. | |
| 4 | Figures due on Thursday are expected to provide a good illustration of that. Economists polled by Reuters think U.S. wholesale inventories dropped 1.1 percent in May, while sales were flat. | |
| 5 | But other data on Thursday showed a drop in energy costs, which caused wholesale prices to post their biggest fall last month in 1-1/2 years. That could lend consumer spending much needed support. |