[Economic Indicators February, 2005]
[Page Number 20]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In December, according to current estimates, manufacturing and trade 
sales rose 1.1 percent and inventories rose $2.9 billion. According to 
advance estimates, retail sales fell 0.4 percent in January. Retail and 
food services sales fell 0.3 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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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  r 1,186,01       1.37    240,442     295,226       1.21    283,295     r 452,205          1.56       313,057
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2004 r.........................    948,088   1,278,996       1.31    273,565     328,267       1.15    305,382       479,378          1.54       338,004
 
2003:Dec r.....................    890,318   1,186,015       1.33    251,821     295,226       1.17    290,012       452,205          1.56       320,943
 
2004:Jan r.....................    894,997   1,187,402       1.33    253,664     296,016       1.17    292,856       451,357          1.54       324,420
    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    301,306       472,012          1.57       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 .......................    954,299   1,257,121       1.32    275,213     317,681       1.15    303,549       477,465          1.57       336,059
    Sept ......................    957,635   1,257,095       1.31    277,498     319,510       1.15    308,658       475,208          1.54       341,461
    Oct .......................    971,108   1,262,619       1.30    281,832     323,091       1.15    311,819       473,142          1.52       345,033
    Nov r......................    974,925   1,276,129       1.31    284,223     327,081       1.15    311,555       478,171          1.53       344,877
    Dec p......................  r 985,793   1,278,996       1.30    286,843     328,267       1.14  r 315,078       479,378          1.52     r 348,767
 
2005:Jan p.....................  .........  ..........  .........  .........  ..........  .........    313,730  ...............  .........       347,665
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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.