How did you represent the September end-of-month inventories for companies that had inventories damaged or destroyed as a result of Hurricane Katrina?
Companies report inventories based on their financial records. Any adjustments to reflect the effects of the hurricane (such as a write-down) will be included in our data when companies reflect it on their records. No significant write-downs to end-of-month inventories were reported by companies for September.
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