[Economic Indicators February, 2006]
[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 1.3 percent and inventories rose $9.6 billion. According to 
advance estimates, retail sales rose 2.3 percent in January. Retail and 
food services sales also rose 2.3 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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1996 .........................     687,557   1,004,682       1.46    191,936     243,194       1.27    195,855       330,895          1.66       216,097
1997 .........................     724,012   1,045,825       1.42    199,788     260,713       1.26    204,666       341,389          1.64       226,170
1998 .........................     742,836   1,078,402       1.43    203,495     273,910       1.32    214,356       355,310          1.62       237,043
1999 .........................     786,597   1,138,602       1.40    217,449     291,290       1.30    233,157       383,603          1.59       256,914
2000 .........................     834,353   1,197,793       1.41    235,053     309,820       1.29    248,584       406,322          1.59       274,061
2001 .........................     822,999   1,140,044       1.43    231,939     297,182       1.32    255,819       395,279          1.58       282,330
2002 .........................     823,870   1,142,517       1.37    235,368     300,671       1.26    261,789       418,581          1.55       289,472
2003 .........................     850,144   1,160,136       1.35    245,539     306,556       1.23    272,951       435,044          1.57       302,066
2004 .........................     936,136  r 1,249,41       1.30    278,196     339,714       1.17    293,476     r 459,060          1.54       325,145
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2005 r........................   1,005,956   1,304,394       1.27    301,183     362,482       1.17    314,721       471,454          1.47       348,642
 
2004:Dec r....................     975,886   1,249,411       1.28    290,830     339,714       1.17    304,545       459,060          1.51       337,429
 
2005:Jan r....................     977,824   1,260,850       1.29    292,430     343,126       1.17    303,137       460,871          1.52       335,918
    Feb ......................     975,100   1,267,111       1.30    290,976     345,294       1.19    305,757       462,535          1.51       338,991
    Mar ......................     983,324   1,272,133       1.29    291,624     347,275       1.19    307,078       463,567          1.51       340,075
    Apr ......................     991,433   1,275,463       1.29    295,487     349,626       1.18    312,363       464,150          1.49       346,081
    May.......................     993,287   1,277,275       1.29    295,647     350,764       1.19    311,296       465,292          1.49       344,933
    June .....................   1,001,155   1,276,804       1.28    297,096     352,337       1.19    317,623       462,956          1.46       351,320
    July .....................   1,008,882   1,271,304       1.26    298,514     352,670       1.18    323,510       454,413          1.40       357,285
    Aug ......................   1,015,597   1,276,131       1.26    303,781     354,386       1.17    316,807       458,630          1.45       350,742
    Sept .....................   1,022,252   1,282,217       1.25    311,199     356,354       1.15    317,487       462,272          1.46       351,802
    Oct ......................   1,028,132   1,287,238       1.25    314,028     357,212       1.14    317,923       463,612          1.46       352,541
    Nov r.....................   1,031,666   1,294,786       1.26    311,731     359,041       1.15    320,662       468,128          1.46       355,673
    Dec p.....................  r 1,045,49   1,304,394       1.25    314,911     362,482       1.15  r 321,706       471,454          1.47     r 357,003
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2006:Jan p....................  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ..........  .........    328,955  ...............  .........       365,369
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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.