[Economic Indicators February, 2007]
[Page Number 20]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In January, according to preliminary estimates, manufacturing and trade 
sales fell 0.7 percent and inventories rose $0.8 billion in December. 
According to advance estimates, retail sales rose 0.1 percent in 
January. Retail and food services sales were about unchanged.
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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  r 1,289,54       1.28    295,843   r 362,592       1.19    309,932     r 474,907          1.50       342,985
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2006 r........................   1,049,461   1,367,257       1.28    325,238     393,894       1.18    328,060       490,466          1.50       363,779
 
2005:Dec r....................   1,021,157   1,289,548       1.26    310,405     362,592       1.17    316,267       474,907          1.50       350,494
 
2006:Jan r....................   1,038,136   1,294,974       1.25    314,056     363,319       1.16    326,833       475,498          1.45       362,135
    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 ......................   1,045,932   1,363,316       1.30    328,188     391,575       1.19    328,091       490,877          1.50       364,538
    Nov r.....................   1,051,473   1,366,499       1.30    331,213     395,797       1.19    329,738       488,927          1.48       366,065
    Dec p.....................   1,065,346   1,367,257       1.28    336,574     393,894       1.17  r 333,006       490,466          1.47     r 370,447
 
2007:Jan p....................   1,057,832  ..........  .........    333,421     396,725       1.19    333,252  ...............  .........       370,418
 
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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.