[Economic Indicators January, 2007]
[Page Number 20]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade
In November, according to preliminary estimates, manufacturing and trade
sales rose 0.6 percent and inventories rose $4.8 billion. According to
advance estimates, retail sales rose 0.7 percent in December. Retail and
food services sales rose 0.9 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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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
2006 p........................ .......... .......... ......... ......... .......... ......... 327,975 ............... ......... 363,712
2005:Nov r.................... 1,010,789 1,279,477 1.27 307,100 358,646 1.17 316,329 470,839 1.49 350,460
Dec r..................... 1,021,258 1,287,998 1.26 309,975 362,084 1.17 316,798 473,865 1.50 351,025
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 ...................... 1,072,622 1,357,069 1.27 334,528 387,251 1.16 331,575 493,462 1.49 367,491
Sept ..................... 1,047,878 1,361,086 1.30 329,432 389,874 1.18 329,040 491,908 1.49 365,319
Oct r..................... 1,045,932 1,363,316 1.30 328,188 391,575 1.19 328,091 490,877 1.50 364,538
Nov p..................... 1,051,894 1,368,070 1.30 331,317 396,654 1.20 r330,055 489,641 1.48 r 366,633
Dec p..................... .......... .......... ......... ......... .......... ......... 332,441 ............... ......... 369,865
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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.