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



 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In February, according to current estimates, manufacturing and trade 
sales rose 0.4 percent and inventories rose $3.7 billion. According to 
advance estimates, retail sales rose 0.6 percent in March. Retail and 
food services sales rose 0.7.
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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   1,046,932       1.42    198,154     258,570       1.26    206,167       344,594          1.64       227,670
1998 .........................     742,837   1,078,777       1.43    202,260     272,315       1.31    215,592       357,246          1.62       238,278
1999 .........................     786,634   1,138,390       1.40    216,597     289,564       1.29    234,046       385,082          1.59       257,797
2000 .........................     834,325   1,196,842       1.40    234,546     307,962       1.28    249,063       407,033          1.59       274,518
2001 .........................     822,982   1,138,557       1.43    232,096     295,658       1.31    255,644       395,018          1.58       282,131
2002 .........................     827,925   1,155,098       1.37    236,294     298,808       1.25    261,194       416,817          1.56       288,845
2003 .........................     849,990   1,143,292       1.35    246,857     303,343       1.22    272,123       433,133          1.56       301,264
2004 .........................     919,172   1,230,285       1.30    274,710     332,815       1.16    289,528       462,607          1.56       320,526
2005 .........................     985,276   1,285,106       1.28    298,753     357,537       1.16    307,786       475,520          1.51       340,669
2006 .........................   1,050,859   1,361,974       1.27    329,336     388,168       1.14    325,359       490,909          1.49       360,871
 
2006:Feb r....................   1,031,056   1,292,570       1.25    318,257     362,208       1.14    321,754       476,346          1.48       356,451
    Mar r.....................   1,038,444   1,302,620       1.25    320,541     363,783       1.13    323,007       480,923          1.49       358,001
    Apr ......................   1,044,600   1,309,771       1.25    324,622     368,385       1.13    325,498       479,078          1.47       360,576
    May ......................   1,059,797   1,323,836       1.25    329,881     371,694       1.13    325,717       486,525          1.49       360,915
    June .....................   1,061,680   1,334,986       1.26    333,723     374,780       1.12    324,122       490,205          1.51       359,223
    July .....................   1,067,223   1,342,707       1.26    335,226     377,659       1.13    328,710       491,331          1.49       363,968
    Aug ......................   1,073,102   1,351,036       1.26    338,039     381,715       1.13    328,544       492,965          1.50       364,247
    Sept .....................   1,049,143   1,355,740       1.29    333,762     384,500       1.15    325,975       491,936          1.51       361,978
    Oct ......................   1,046,772   1,358,029       1.30    331,297     385,808       1.16    325,822       491,357          1.51       361,980
    Nov ......................   1,051,880   1,360,559       1.29    334,268     389,165       1.16    327,090       489,619          1.50       363,234
    Dec ......................   1,065,923   1,361,974       1.28    339,937     388,168       1.14    330,220       490,909          1.49       367,341
 
2007:Jan r....................   1,056,418   1,364,889       1.29    336,713     390,424       1.16    330,598       491,590          1.49       367,230
    Feb r.....................   1,060,347   1,368,550       1.29    340,779     392,432       1.15    332,661       493,084          1.48       369,070
    Mar p.....................  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ..........  .........    334,711  ...............  .........       371,567
 
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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.