[Economic Indicators March, 2000]
[Page Number 20]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In January, manufacturing and trade sales rose 0.6 percent and 
inventories rose $6.2 billion. According to advance data, retail sales 
rose 1.1 percent in February, following an increase of 0.4 percent in 
January.
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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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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   1,094,345    211,251     286,705    228,834     94,857     133,977    340,842    181,069    159,773          1.39         1.46
1999 r..............................................    831,269   1,144,898    226,811     304,712    249,497    104,699     144,798    369,809    199,896    169,913          1.35         1.43
 
1999:Jan r..........................................    794,478   1,095,243    213,716     286,481    239,089    100,117     138,972    343,895    183,036    160,859          1.38         1.44
      Feb r.........................................    802,964   1,097,954    216,457     288,284    242,783    102,438     140,345    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..........................................    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 .........................................    834,062   1,115,790    227,293     293,982    249,468    104,850     144,618    356,765    193,482    163,283          1.34         1.43
      Aug...........................................    844,439   1,119,251    229,827     295,558    252,768    106,764     146,004    359,342    194,626    164,716          1.33         1.42
      Sept..........................................    842,647   1,124,016    231,135     298,469    252,803    105,837     146,966    359,878    194,472    165,406          1.33         1.42
      Oct...........................................    846,797   1,127,772    233,048     299,793    253,548    105,870     147,678    360,457    194,406    166,051          1.33         1.42
      Nov ..........................................    859,289   1,139,025    237,464     303,649    256,854    108,319     148,535    365,540    197,079    168,461          1.33         1.42
      Dec r.........................................    869,946   1,144,898    240,262     304,712    261,812    109,976     151,836    369,809    199,896    169,913          1.32         1.41
 
2000:Jan p..........................................    875,000   1,151,069    241,611     306,566  r 262,824  r 112,171   r 150,653    371,797    201,983    169,814          1.32         1.41
      Feb p.........................................    875,677  ..........    241,080     308,564    265,687    112,933     152,754  .........  .........  ..........  .............  .........
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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.