[Economic Indicators November, 2004]
[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 rose 0.3 percent and inventories rose $0.3 billion.
According to advance estimates, retail sales rose 0.1 percent in
October. Retail and food services sales rose 0.2 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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1994 .......................... 610,669 930,681 1.47 161,133 218,119 1.29 179,693 312,227 1.66 198,496
1995 .......................... 655,227 989,067 1.48 176,227 234,268 1.30 189,028 329,582 1.72 208,496
1996 .......................... 687,472 1,008,623 1.46 186,649 237,186 1.28 201,058 340,621 1.67 221,299
1997 .......................... 724,126 1,049,527 1.42 194,541 254,763 1.27 210,027 350,960 1.64 231,530
1998 .......................... 743,702 1,081,988 1.44 198,319 267,689 1.32 220,399 365,068 1.62 243,119
1999 .......................... 787,531 1,142,277 1.41 211,631 284,396 1.30 239,910 394,235 1.59 263,733
2000 .......................... 835,194 1,200,666 1.41 228,630 301,618 1.29 255,849 417,652 1.59 281,385
2001 .......................... 819,061 1,146,151 1.44 225,123 287,913 1.32 263,063 406,002 1.58 289,667
2002 .......................... 822,013 1,163,690 1.40 228,524 288,990 1.25 269,177 430,512 1.56 296,965
2003 .......................... 856,998 1,185,477 1.37 240,442 295,435 1.21 283,295 451,458 1.56 313,057
2003:Sept r.................... 866,568 1,172,959 1.35 241,798 290,808 1.20 287,172 443,857 1.55 317,017
Oct r...................... 873,336 1,177,496 1.35 246,430 292,549 1.19 287,081 446,267 1.55 317,850
Nov ....................... 879,925 1,181,735 1.34 247,737 293,534 1.18 290,734 450,075 1.55 321,798
Dec ....................... 891,329 1,185,477 1.33 251,526 295,435 1.17 291,318 451,458 1.55 322,342
2004:Jan ...................... 894,394 1,187,402 1.33 253,664 296,016 1.17 292,253 451,357 1.54 323,918
Feb ....................... 902,285 1,197,124 1.33 259,109 299,712 1.16 295,019 454,614 1.54 326,996
Mar ....................... 931,224 1,205,977 1.30 266,509 301,311 1.13 301,790 460,087 1.52 333,818
Apr ....................... 930,732 1,214,579 1.30 269,017 301,989 1.12 299,146 465,891 1.56 331,131
May ....................... 938,211 1,222,744 1.30 269,823 306,229 1.13 303,683 466,569 1.54 335,920
June ...................... 940,345 1,236,066 1.31 270,235 309,744 1.15 301,122 357,637 1.43 333,543
July ...................... 948,939 1,248,260 1.32 272,479 314,354 1.15 304,355 475,225 1.56 336,944
Aug r...................... 954,299 1,257,121 1.32 275,213 317,681 1.15 303,549 477,465 1.57 336,059
Sept p..................... 956,936 1,257,445 1.31 276,851 319,301 1.15 r 308,606 475,767 1.54 r 341,428
Oct p...................... ......... .......... ......... ......... .......... ......... 308,981 ............... ......... 342,115
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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.