[Economic Indicators May, 2002]
[Page Number 20]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In March, manufacturing and trade sales rose 0.5 percent and inventories 
fell $3.8 billion. In April, according to preliminary estimates, 
manufacturing and trade sales rose 1.8 percent. According to advance 
estimates, retail sales rose 1.3 percent in April; retail and food 
services sales rose 1.2 percent.
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                                       [Millions of dollars, except ratios; seasonally adjusted, except as noted]
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                                    Manufacturing and trade \1\                Wholesale                             Retail
                                -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Retail and
                                                          Inven-                            Inven-                                 Inven-       food
             Period                           Inven-      tory-                 Inven-       tory                                   tory      services
                                 Sales \2\  tories \3\    sales    Sales \2\  tories \3\    sales    Sales \2\  Inventories \3\    sales      sales \2\
                                                        ratio \4\                         ratio \4\                              ratio \4\
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1992...........................    537,899     838,168       1.53    144,302     194,463       1.32    154,268       267,808          1.68       171,219
1993...........................    564,458     865,094       1.51    150,833     202,730       1.31    164,837       285,906          1.69       182,841
1994...........................    605,983     928,083       1.47    161,133     219,766       1.30    178,932       312,019          1.67       197,735
1995...........................    648,961     986,467       1.49    176,227     236,145       1.31    188,235       329,536          1.72       207,704
1996...........................    680,673   1,005,155       1.47    186,649     238,782       1.28    200,190       340,335          1.68       220,431
1997...........................    716,672   1,045,085       1.43    194,541     256,417       1.27    209,112       350,763          1.65       230,616
1998...........................    736,556   1,079,537       1.45    198,319     269,412       1.33    219,507       364,288          1.62       242,228
1999...........................    780,682   1,133,927       1.41    211,756     285,686       1.31    239,013       392,501          1.59       262,803
2000...........................    831,966   1,196,671       1.41    229,313     304,678       1.30    254,928       416,475          1.59       280,427
2001...........................    818,963   1,123,746       1.42    226,313     288,014       1.32    263,987       395,814          1.55       290,713
 
2001:Mar r.....................    826,313   1,188,036       1.44    228,370     303,029       1.33    259,189       412,933          1.59       285,716
    Apr r......................    821,684   1,185,478       1.44    228,128     302,941       1.33    262,346       411,357          1.57       288,819
    May........................    830,858   1,182,637       1.42    227,478     302,399       1.33    263,411       411,984          1.56       290,022
    June.......................    817,691   1,174,902       1.44    224,662     301,016       1.34    262,854       410,391          1.56       289,579
    July.......................    821,351   1,168,778       1.42    225,958     297,972       1.32    263,462       410,408          1.56       290,319
    Aug........................    822,997   1,166,326       1.42    227,530     297,130       1.31    264,038       412,220          1.56       291,073
    Sept.......................    799,350   1,159,768       1.45    225,481     295,863       1.31    258,609       411,033          1.59       285,006
    Oct........................    820,091   1,142,254       1.39    221,161     292,811       1.32    276,275       399,642          1.45       302,770
    Nov........................    810,015   1,129,679       1.39    222,704     289,487       1.30    268,345       396,256          1.48       295,036
    Dec........................    808,549   1,123,746       1.39    220,380     288,014       1.31    267,283       395,814          1.48       295,232
 
2002:Jan.......................    814,505   1,122,799       1.38    223,023     286,994       1.29    267,002       399,269          1.50       294,852
    Feb r......................    808,300   1,120,440       1.39    224,738     284,508       1.27    268,410       401,693          1.50       296,468
    Mar r......................    812,089   1,116,616       1.37    224,855     283,732       1.26    268,566       401,441          1.49       296,619
    Apr p......................    826,718  ..........  .........    228,477     281,762       1.23    272,057  ...............  .........       300,267
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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.