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



 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In September, according to preliminary estimates, manufacturing and 
trade sales fell 0.4 percent. In August, manufacturing and trade sales 
rose 0.2 percent and inventories fell. According to advance estimates, 
retail sales fell 1.2 percent in September; retail and food services 
sales also fell 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     837,873       1.53    144,302     194,463       1.32    154,268       267,808          1.68       171,219
1993...........................    564,458     864,841       1.51    150,833     202,730       1.31    164,837       285,906          1.69       182,841
1994...........................    605,983     927,859       1.47    161,133     219,766       1.30    178,932       312,019          1.67       197,735
1995...........................    648,961     986,329       1.49    176,227     236,145       1.31    188,235       329,536          1.72       207,704
1996...........................    680,673   1,005,021       1.47    186,649     238,782       1.28    200,190       340,335          1.68       220,431
1997...........................    716,672   1,044,981       1.43    194,541     256,417       1.27    209,112       350,763          1.65       230,616
1998...........................    736,556   1,076,471       1.45    198,319     269,412       1.33    219,507       364,288          1.62       242,228
1999...........................    779,798   1,134,734       1.41    211,756     285,686       1.31    239,013       392,501          1.59       262,803
2000...........................    827,951   1,198,395       1.42    229,313     304,678       1.30    254,928       416,475          1.59       280,427
2001...........................    815,111   1,122,990       1.43    226,313     288,014       1.32    263,987       395,814          1.55       290,713
 
2001:Aug r.....................    817,149   1,165,208       1.43    226,739     297,079       1.31    263,756       412,045          1.56       290,791
    Sept r.....................    797,884   1,158,840       1.45    225,166     295,766       1.31    259,496       411,033          1.58       285,919
    Oct........................    815,570   1,141,500       1.40    221,161     292,811       1.32    276,275       399,642          1.45       302,770
    Nov........................    806,128   1,129,548       1.40    222,704     289,487       1.30    268,345       396,256          1.48       295,036
    Dec........................    803,854   1,122,990       1.40    220,380     288,014       1.31    267,283       395,814          1.48       295,232
 
2002:Jan.......................    811,196   1,122,911       1.38    223,023     286,994       1.29    267,002       399,269          1.50       294,852
    Feb........................    804,624   1,120,288       1.39    224,738     284,508       1.27    268,410       401,693          1.50       296,468
    Mar .......................    808,644   1,116,303       1.38    224,855     283,732       1.26    268,196       401,137          1.50       296,199
    Apr .......................    822,615   1,113,864       1.35    228,131     281,193       1.23    271,522       402,518          1.48       299,642
    May .......................    820,227   1,116,527       1.36    228,052     281,080       1.23    268,439       406,855          1.52       296,567
    June ......................    822,795   1,119,454       1.36    229,638     282,340       1.23    272,347       408,884          1.50       300,634
    July r.....................    833,564   1,124,317       1.35    231,353     284,083       1.23    276,110       412,238          1.49       304,218
    Aug p......................    834,915   1,124,076       1.35    233,314     284,348       1.22  r 277,872       411,154          1.48     r 306,029
    Sept p.....................    831,250  ..........  .........    233,435     285,716       1.22    274,405  ...............  .........       302,461
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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.