21.   Local job gains came in wholesale trade, business services, entertainment and construction.

22.   More attention, Ehrlich said, needs to be paid to measuring intangibles like insurance coverage, rental activity, wholesale trade and on-line transactions.

23.   October figures for wholesale trade and new home sales also will be released tomorrow.

24.   On financial markets, Treasury bond prices moved higher after the wholesale trade report provided more evidence the sluggish economy will hold inflation in check.

25.   On Tuesday, the Commerce Department reports on wholesale trade during September while the Federal Reserve issues figures on September consumer credit.

26.   Operators like Starbucks and Brothers, which are bean wholesalers, are also looking at their coffee houses as vehicles for expanding their wholesale trade.

27.   Other industries, including finance and wholesale trade, grew.

28.   Other sectors of the economy that showed strong job growth were durable goods manufacturing, insurance, real estate, wholesale trade and construction.

29.   Porter predicted that April wholesale trade was unchanged from March.

30.   Services and wholesale trade showed small gains, while, in addition to manufacturing, losses were registered in construction, retail trade, finance and transportation.