[Economic Indicators May, 2006]
[Page Number 20]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In March, according to current estimates, manufacturing and trade sales 
rose 0.8 percent and inventories rose $9.7 billion. (Series revised to 
reflect annual revisions for manufacturing.) According to advance 
estimates, retail sales rose 0.5 percent in April. Retail and food 
services sales also rose 0.5 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..........................     687,350  r 1,005,67       1.46    190,362     241,078       1.27    197,222       333,915          1.67       217,463
                                                     2
1997 .........................     723,879  r 1,046,85       1.42    198,154     258,496       1.26    206,167       344,593          1.64       227,670
                                                     7
1998 .........................     742,837  r 1,078,77       1.43    202,260     272,292       1.32    215,592       357,267          1.62       238,278
                                                     5
1999 .........................     786,634  r 1,139,24       1.40    216,597     290,418       1.30    234,046       385,087          1.59       257,797
                                                     9
2000 .........................     834,325  r 1,198,69       1.41    234,546     309,809       1.29    249,063       407,035          1.59       274,518
                                                     1
2001 .........................     822,982  r 1,141,22       1.43    232,096     298,380       1.32    255,644       394,966          1.58       282,131
                                                     7
2002 .........................   r 827,925  r 1,158,45     r 1.38    236,294     302,478       1.26    261,194       416,499          1.55       288,845
                                                     0
2003 .........................   r 849,990  r 1,147,10       1.35    246,857     308,017       1.23    272,123       432,268          1.56       301,264
                                                     1
2004 .........................   r 919,420  r 1,234,29     r 1.30    274,710     338,232       1.18    289,776       461,202          1.56       320,812
                                                     7
2005 .........................   r 984,511  r 1,287,99     r 1.28    295,843     362,084       1.19    309,932       473,865          1.50       342,985
                                                     8
 
2005:Mar r....................     962,516   1,254,693       1.30    286,566     344,946       1.20    302,294       464,569          1.54       334,358
    Apr r.....................     970,782   1,259,068       1.30    290,863     348,400       1.20    307,300       464,994          1.51       340,260
    May.......................   r 972,679  r 1,261,01       1.30    290,853     349,180       1.20    305,825       466,958          1.53       338,577
                                                     4
    June......................   r 977,424  r 1,260,26       1.29    292,456     351,151       1.20    310,098       464,220          1.50       342,982
                                                     2
    July......................   r 988,922  r 1,255,68       1.27    294,673     351,621       1.19    318,480       456,505          1.43       351,454
                                                     1
    Aug.......................   r 994,947  r 1,260,56       1.27    298,721     353,223       1.18    311,980       460,907          1.48       345,111
                                                     4
    Sept......................  r 1,001,13  r 1,266,78       1.27    304,949     355,881       1.17    313,080       464,680          1.48       346,551
                                         8           2
    Oct.......................  r 1,007,66  r 1,272,32     r 1.26    308,013     357,061       1.16    313,688       465,932          1.49       347,443
                                         0           5
    Nov.......................  r 1,009,34  r 1,278,91       1.27    306,416     358,711       1.17    315,571       470,209          1.49       349,630
                                         7           2
    Dec.......................  r 1,021,27  r 1,287,99       1.26    309,975     362,084       1.17    316,810       473,865          1.50       351,070
                                         0           8
 
2006:Jan......................  r 1,035,64  r 1,294,38       1.25    311,990     362,729       1.16    326,403       475,498          1.46       361,743
                                         0           4
    Feb r.....................   1,027,729   1,295,158       1.26    312,846     365,838       1.17    323,838       475,304          1.47       358,675
    Mar p.....................   1,035,761   1,304,887       1.26    314,996     366,722       1.16  r 325,869       480,251          1.47     r 360,915
    Apr p.....................  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ..........  .........    327,475  ...............  .........       362,676
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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.
    Note.--Total manufacturing and 
trade data reflect annual seasonal 
adjustment and benchmark revisions 
for manufacturing series (see page 
21).
    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.