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



 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In March, according to preliminary estimates, manufacturing and trade 
sales rose 0.7 percent. In February, according to current estimates, 
manufacturing and trade sales fell 0.6 percent and inventories rose $6.5 
billion. According to advance estimates, retail sales rose 0.4 percent 
in March. Retail and food services sales rose 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 ..........................    655,297     985,716       1.48    181,369     240,473       1.30    183,955       320,026          1.71       203,423
1996 ..........................    687,557   1,004,905       1.46    191,936     243,194       1.27    195,855       330,895          1.66       216,097
1997 ..........................    724,012   1,045,906       1.42    199,788     260,713       1.26    204,666       341,389          1.64       226,170
1998 ..........................    742,836   1,078,451       1.43    203,495     273,910       1.32    214,356       355,310          1.62       237,043
1999 ..........................    786,597   1,138,539       1.40    217,449     291,290       1.30    233,157       383,603          1.59       256,914
2000 ..........................    834,353   1,197,538       1.41    235,053     309,820       1.29    248,584       406,322          1.59       274,061
2001 ..........................    818,632   1,144,697       1.44    231,939     297,182       1.32    255,819       395,279          1.58       282,330
2002 ..........................    821,470   1,163,440       1.40    235,368     300,671       1.26    261,789       418,581          1.55       289,472
2003 ..........................    851,750   1,180,184       1.38    245,539     306,556       1.23    272,951       435,044          1.57       302,066
2004 ..........................    940,813   1,270,690       1.31    278,196     339,639       1.17    293,476       459,700          1.54       325,145
 
2004:Feb r.....................    894,812   1,191,189       1.33    263,485     310,581       1.18    283,170       437,810          1.55       313,973
    Mar r......................    924,198   1,200,075       1.30    271,880     312,803       1.15    289,393       442,693          1.53       320,557
    Apr .......................    923,863   1,208,496       1.31    274,066     313,657       1.14    287,228       448,140          1.56       318,330
    May .......................    931,923   1,215,235       1.30    275,390     317,339       1.15    291,828       447,950          1.53       323,040
    June ......................    934,475   1,227,915       1.31    275,668     320,876       1.16    290,003       452,729          1.56       321,319
    July ......................    941,958   1,239,571       1.32    277,482     325,495       1.17    292,371       455,395          1.56       324,034
    Aug .......................    948,607   1,250,375       1.32    280,837     329,417       1.17    292,233       458,983          1.57       323,700
    Sept ......................    951,361   1,249,529       1.31    282,514     330,462       1.17    297,368       456,690          1.54       329,447
    Oct .......................    963,680   1,254,716       1.30    286,341     334,466       1.17    299,882       453,864          1.51       332,280
    Nov .......................    967,806   1,268,249       1.31    288,654     338,544       1.17    300,005       458,828          1.53       332,392
    Dec .......................    979,059   1,270,690       1.30    291,456     339,639       1.17    303,731       459,700          1.51       336,583
 
2005:Jan r.....................    984,299   1,282,348       1.30    292,430     343,126       1.17    303,933       460,871          1.52       336,785
    Feb p......................    978,454   1,288,822       1.32    290,976     345,294       1.19  r 305,173       462,241          1.51     r 338,412
    Mar p......................    985,128  ..........  .........    291,485     346,711       1.19    306,302  ...............  .........       339,299
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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.