October Vehicle Sales Forecast: "First Month-to-Month Improvement Since April"

From WardsAuto: October U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales Forecast to Show First Month-to-Month Improvement Since April (pay content)

Low inventories and supply issues continue to impacting vehicle sales.

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This graph shows actual sales from the BEA (Blue), and Wards forecast for October (Red).

The Wards forecast of 12.6 million SAAR, would be up about 3.5% from last month, and down 23% from a year ago (sales were solid in October 2020, as sales recovered from the depths of the pandemic).

Wards expects sales to increase in November and December too.