[Economic Indicators September, 1999]
[Page Number 20]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In July, manufacturing and trade sales rose 0.5 percent and inventories 
rose $3.8 billion. According to advance data, retail sales rose 1.2 
percent in August, following an increase of 1.0 percent in July.
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                                                        Manufacturing and          Wholesale                                      Retail                                  Inventory-sales ratio
                                                            trade \1\       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------            \4\
                                                     -----------------------                                    Sales \2\                      Inventories \3\         -------------------------
                       Period                                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                   Inven-    Sales \2\    Inven-                Durable   Nondurable              Durable   Nondurable  Manufacturing
                                                      Sales \2\  tories \3\             tories \3\    Total      goods       goods      Total      goods       goods    and trade \1\    Retail
                                                                                                                 stores     stores                 stores     stores
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                                                                                  Millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted, except as noted
 
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1989................................................    527,039     815,455    143,760     187,009    146,581     54,763      91,818    237,234    121,347    115,887          1.52         1.58
1990................................................    545,909     840,663    149,506     195,775    153,718     55,736      97,981    239,815    121,194    118,621          1.52         1.56
1991................................................    542,815     834,715    148,306     200,376    154,661     54,165     100,497    243,389    119,189    124,200          1.53         1.54
1992................................................    567,176     842,939    154,150     208,244    162,632     58,634     103,999    252,185    123,152    129,033          1.48         1.52
1993 ...............................................    595,444     870,316    161,223     216,974    173,586     65,189     108,397    269,303    135,088    134,215          1.44         1.51
1994 ...............................................    638,742     934,342    172,237     235,413    187,503     73,954     113,549    294,052    153,019    141,033          1.41         1.50
1995 ...............................................    684,261     994,826    187,889     253,565    196,816     79,054     117,762    310,276    165,108    145,168          1.43         1.55
1996 ...............................................    717,135   1,013,201    198,668     255,871    208,845     85,072     123,773    320,601    170,849    149,752          1.41         1.51
1997 ...............................................    752,095   1,060,326    206,671     273,885    217,972     88,841     129,132    330,308    176,483    153,825          1.38         1.49
1998 ...............................................    777,772   1,095,042    211,251     287,484    228,834     94,857     133,977    340,760    181,070    159,690          1.39         1.46
 
1998:July r.........................................    775,112   1,079,804    211,665     279,067    228,067     93,616     134,451    333,101    174,364    158,737          1.39         1.46
      Aug r.........................................    774,343   1,083,680    209,621     281,803    228,277     93,559     134,718    333,432    174,523    158,909          1.40         1.46
      Sept .........................................    781,728   1,089,349    211,964     284,832    229,283     94,545     134,738    335,965    176,303    159,662          1.39         1.47
      Oct ..........................................    783,878   1,091,438    211,366     284,496    232,379     96,724     135,655    335,911    177,448    158,463          1.39         1.45
      Nov ..........................................    788,294   1,095,493    212,367     286,145    234,504     97,782     136,722    338,348    179,586    158,762          1.39         1.44
      Dec ..........................................    796,583   1,095,042    215,550     287,484    236,786     99,500     137,286    340,760    181,070    159,690          1.37         1.44
 
1999:Jan ...........................................    794,865   1,095,209    213,597     286,698    239,595    100,535     139,060    343,644    182,636    161,008          1.38         1.43
      Feb ..........................................    803,481   1,098,308    216,138     288,638    243,619    103,132     140,487    345,472    184,152    161,320          1.37         1.42
      Mar ..........................................    812,055   1,103,619    219,595     289,360    243,295    102,096     141,299    350,681    188,316    162,365          1.36         1.44
      Apr ..........................................    812,237   1,105,654    219,921     289,636    244,748    101,901     142,847    352,824    190,264    162,560          1.36         1.44
      May ..........................................    821,761   1,108,901    223,909     290,216    247,228    103,884     143,344    354,943    192,144    162,799          1.35         1.44
      June r........................................    829,593   1,112,311    227,863     291,367    247,028    103,109     143,919    358,254    194,621    163,633          1.34         1.45
      July p........................................    834,092   1,116,073    227,293     293,982  r 249,498  r 104,870   r 144,628    357,048    193,905    163,143          1.34         1.43
      Aug p.........................................    844,471  ..........    229,811     294,725    252,390    106,784     145,606  .........  .........  ..........  .............  .........
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    \1\ See page 21 for 
manufacturing.
    \2\ Annual data are averages of 
monthly not seasonally adjusted 
figures; monthly data are seasonally 
adjusted totals for month.
    \3\ Seasonally adjusted, end of 
period.
    \4\ Annual data are averages of 
seasonally adjusted monthly ratios.
    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.