[Economic Indicators May, 2007]
[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 1.7 percent and inventories fell $1.3 billion. (Series revised.) 
According to advance estimates, retail sales fell 0.2 percent in April. 
Retail and food services sales also fell 0.2 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  r 1,046,78       1.42    198,154     258,570       1.26    206,167       344,594          1.64       227,670
                                                     6
1998 .........................     742,837  r 1,078,64       1.43    202,260     272,315       1.31    215,592       357,246          1.62       238,278
                                                     4
1999 .........................     786,634  r 1,138,20       1.40    216,597     289,564       1.29    234,046       385,082          1.59       257,797
                                                     9
2000 .........................     834,325  r 1,196,62     r 1.41    234,546     307,962       1.28    249,063       407,033          1.59       274,518
                                                     8
2001 .........................   r 818,615  r 1,118,78     r 1.42    232,096     295,658       1.31    255,644       395,018          1.58       282,131
                                                     4
2002 .........................   r 823,714  r 1,138,70     r 1.36    236,294     298,808       1.25    261,194       416,817          1.56       288,845
                                                     7
2003 .........................   r 853,596  r 1,144,70     r 1.34    246,857     303,343       1.22    272,123       433,133          1.56       301,264
                                                     2
2004 .........................   r 923,319  r 1,235,24       1.30    274,710     332,815       1.16    289,528       462,607          1.56       320,526
                                                     3
2005 .........................  r 1,001,15  r 1,312,16     r 1.27    298,753     357,537       1.16    307,786       475,520          1.51       340,669
                                         4           3
2006 .........................  r 1,066,35  r 1,388,97     r 1.28    329,336     388,168       1.14    325,359       490,909          1.49       360,871
                                         8           9
 
2006:Mar r....................   1,054,246   1,331,521       1.26    319,545     363,658       1.14    322,295       481,793          1.49       357,255
    Apr r.....................   1,060,726   1,337,958       1.26    324,622     368,385       1.13    325,494       479,078          1.47       360,607
    May ......................   1,074,928  r 1,352,23     r 1.26    329,881     371,694       1.13    325,717       486,525          1.49       360,915
                                                     5
    June .....................  r 1,076,03  r 1,363,49     r 1.27    333,723     374,780       1.12    324,122       490,205          1.51       359,223
                                         0           4
    July .....................  r 1,080,84  r 1,371,45     r 1.27    335,226     377,659       1.13    328,710       491,331          1.49       363,968
                                         2           9
    Aug ......................  r 1,086,40  r 1,379,22     r 1.27    338,039     381,715       1.13    328,544       492,965          1.50       364,247
                                         8           8
    Sept .....................  r 1,063,68  r 1,384,50     r 1.30    333,762     384,500       1.15    325,975       491,936          1.51       361,978
                                         0           5
    Oct ......................  r 1,060,35  r 1,386,15     r 1.31    331,297     385,808       1.16    325,822       491,357          1.51       361,980
                                         7           1
    Nov ......................  r 1,064,39  r 1,388,45     r 1.30    334,268     389,165       1.16    327,090       489,619          1.50       363,234
                                         3           7
    Dec ......................  r 1,080,66  r 1,388,97     r 1.29    339,937     388,168       1.14    330,220       490,909          1.49       367,341
                                         3           9
 
2007:Jan .....................  r 1,070,43  r 1,391,89     r 1.30    336,713     390,424       1.16    330,598       491,590          1.49       367,230
                                         8           3
    Feb r.....................   1,073,927   1,394,706       1.30    340,134     392,073       1.15    332,929       492,452          1.48       369,287
    Mar r.....................   1,091,672   1,393,430       1.28    346,322     393,234       1.14    336,013       489,098          1.46       372,876
    Apr p.....................  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ..........  .........    335,216  ...............  .........       372,034
 
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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.