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



 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In April, manufacturing and trade sales rose 1.8 percent and inventories 
fell $2.8 billion. (Series revised.) According to advance estimates, 
retail sales fell 0.9 percent in May; retail and food services sales 
also fell 0.9 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    r837,873       1.53    144,302     194,463       1.32    154,268       267,808          1.68       171,219
1993...........................    564,458    r864,841       1.51    150,833     202,730       1.31    164,837       285,906          1.69       182,841
1994...........................    605,983    r927,859       1.47    161,133     219,766       1.30    178,932       312,019          1.67       197,735
1995...........................    648,961    r986,329       1.49    176,227     236,145       1.31    188,235       329,536          1.72       207,704
1996...........................    680,673  r1,005,021       1.47    186,649     238,782       1.28    200,190       340,335          1.68       220,431
1997...........................    716,672  r1,044,981       1.43    194,541     256,417       1.27    209,112       350,763          1.65       230,616
1998...........................    736,556  r1,076,471       1.45    198,319     269,412       1.33    219,507       364,288          1.62       242,228
1999...........................   r779,798  r1,134,734       1.41    211,756     285,686       1.31    239,013       392,501          1.59       262,803
2000...........................   r827,951  r1,198,395      r1.42    229,313     304,678       1.30    254,928       416,475          1.59       280,427
2001...........................   r815,111  r1,122,990      r1.43    226,313     288,014       1.32    263,987       395,814          1.55       290,713
 
2001:Apr r.....................    815,643   1,186,817       1.46    228,128     302,941       1.33    261,920       411,755          1.57       288,366
    May r......................    825,746   1,183,006       1.43    227,478     302,399       1.33    263,925       411,984          1.56       290,536
    June.......................   r812,907  r1,174,916      r1.45    224,662     301,016       1.34    262,854       410,391          1.56       289,579
    July.......................   r815,240  r1,168,768      r1.43    225,958     297,972       1.32    263,462       410,408          1.56       290,319
    Aug........................   r818,222  r1,165,434       1.42    227,530     297,130       1.31    264,038       412,220          1.56       291,073
    Sept.......................   r797,312  r1,158,937       1.45    225,481     295,863       1.31    258,609       411,033          1.59       285,006
    Oct........................   r815,570  r1,141,500      r1.40    221,161     292,811       1.32    276,275       399,642          1.45       302,770
    Nov........................   r806,128  r1,129,548      r1.40    222,704     289,487       1.30    268,345       396,256          1.48       295,036
    Dec........................   r803,854  r1,122,990      r1.40    220,380     288,014       1.31    267,283       395,814          1.48       295,232
 
2002:Jan.......................   r811,196  r1,122,911       1.38    223,023     286,994       1.29    267,002       399,269          1.50       294,852
    Feb........................   r804,624  r1,120,288       1.39    224,738     284,508       1.27    268,410       401,693          1.50       296,468
    Mar r......................    808,644   1,116,303       1.38    224,855     283,732       1.26    268,196       401,137          1.50       296,199
    Apr r......................    823,044   1,113,527       1.35    228,477     281,762       1.23    271,605       401,612          1.48       299,674
    May p......................  .........  ..........  .........  .........  ..........  .........    269,045  ...............  .........       297,029
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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.
    Note.--Data for total 
manufacturing and trade reflect 
annual benchmark revisions for 
manufacturers. See Note, p. 21.

    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.