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



 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In September, according to current estimates, manufacturing and trade 
sales fell 1.9 percent and inventories rose $5.8 billion. According to 
current estimates, retail sales fell 0.4 percent in October. Retail and 
food services sales also fell 0.4 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   1,005,672       1.46    190,362     241,078       1.27    197,222       333,915          1.67       217,463
1997 .........................     723,879   1,046,857       1.42    198,154     258,496       1.26    206,167       344,593          1.64       227,670
1998 .........................     742,837   1,078,775       1.43    202,260     272,292       1.32    215,592       357,267          1.62       238,278
1999 .........................     786,634   1,139,249       1.40    216,597     290,418       1.30    234,046       385,087          1.59       257,797
2000 .........................     834,325   1,198,691       1.41    234,546     309,809       1.29    249,063       407,035          1.59       274,518
2001 .........................     822,982   1,141,227       1.43    232,096     298,380       1.32    255,644       394,966          1.58       282,131
2002 .........................     827,925   1,158,450       1.38    236,294     302,478       1.26    261,194       416,499          1.55       288,845
2003 .........................     849,990   1,147,101       1.35    246,857     308,017       1.23    272,123       432,268          1.56       301,264
2004 .........................     919,420   1,234,297       1.30    274,710     338,232       1.18    289,776       461,202          1.56       320,812
2005 .........................     984,511   1,287,998       1.28    295,843     362,084       1.19    309,932       473,865          1.50       342,985
 
2005:Sept r...................   1,001,221   1,266,275       1.26    305,146     355,220       1.16    312,966       464,834          1.49       346,437
    Oct r.....................   1,008,261   1,272,325       1.26    308,013     357,061       1.16    314,289       465,932          1.48       348,044
    Nov.......................   1,009,347   1,278,912       1.27    306,416     358,711       1.17    315,571       470,209          1.49       349,630
    Dec.......................   1,021,270   1,287,998       1.26    309,975     362,084       1.17    316,810       473,865          1.50       351,070
 
2006:Jan......................   1,035,640   1,294,384       1.25    311,990     362,729       1.16    326,403       475,498          1.46       361,743
    Feb ......................   1,027,729   1,295,158       1.26    312,846     365,838       1.17    323,838       475,304          1.47       358,675
    Mar ......................   1,036,587   1,304,786       1.26    315,710     367,871       1.17    325,981       479,001          1.47       361,190
    Apr ......................   1,043,191   1,313,526       1.26    320,342     372,676       1.16    328,369       478,542          1.46       363,611
    May ......................   1,059,577   1,328,018       1.25    326,407     376,048       1.15    328,971       486,353          1.48       364,343
    June .....................   1,061,409   1,339,593       1.26    330,366     379,097       1.15    327,208       490,495          1.50       362,439
    July .....................   1,067,161   1,348,329       1.26    331,886     382,384       1.15    331,988       492,228          1.48       367,415
    Aug r.....................   1,072,622   1,357,069       1.27    334,528     387,251       1.16    331,575       493,462          1.49       367,491
    Sept p....................   1,052,359   1,362,891       1.30    331,582     390,632       1.18   r328,910       492,606          1.50      r365,177
    Oct p.....................  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ..........  .........    327,435  ...............  .........       363,844
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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.--Data reflect the 
introduction of new samples for 
wholesale and retail trade. Data for 
August, September and October 2006, 
and September and October 2005, 
reflect these changes which were 
released in late November 2006.

    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.