The Commerce Department reports on wholesale inventories for January.

There was a dip of one-tenth of 1 percent in wholesale inventories.

The money is used to finance retail vehicle purchases and dealers' wholesale inventory.

The estimates were based on Sept. 30 wholesale inventories, the most recent data available.

Inventories at the retail level rose three-tenths of 1 percent, while wholesale inventories were unchanged.

Earlier in the week, the department announced that wholesale inventories expanded by 0.6 percent in July.

November 2011 wholesale inventories were $468.9 billion, up 0.1 percent from October and up 10.5 percent from one year earlier.

October 2011 wholesale inventories were $470.2 billion, up 1.6 percent from September and up 10.9 percent from one year earlier.

August 2011 wholesale inventories were $464.3 billion, up 0.4 percent from July and up 14.4 percent from one year earlier.

July 2011 wholesale inventories were $462.4 billion, up 0.8 percent from June and up 15.1 percent from one year earlier.