[Economic Indicators March, 2008]
[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 rose 1.4 percent and inventories rose $12.9 billion. According to 
advance estimates, retail sales fell 0.6 percent in February. Retail and 
food services sales also fell 0.6 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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1998 r........................     742,837   1,078,735       1.43    202,260     272,406       1.31    215,592       357,246          1.62       238,278
1999 r........................     786,634   1,138,816       1.40    216,597     290,171       1.30    234,046       385,082          1.59       257,797
2000 r........................     834,325   1,197,737       1.41    234,546     309,071       1.29    249,063       407,033          1.59       274,518
2001 r........................     818,615   1,120,325       1.42    232,096     297,199       1.32    255,644       395,018          1.58       282,131
2002 r........................     823,714   1,140,690       1.36    236,294     300,791       1.25    261,194       416,817          1.56       288,845
2003 r........................     853,596   1,147,391       1.34    246,857     306,032       1.22    272,123       433,133          1.56       301,264
2004 r........................     923,319   1,238,363       1.30    274,710     335,935       1.17    289,528       462,607          1.56       320,526
2005 r........................   1,001,205   1,315,037       1.27    298,803     360,411       1.17    307,786       475,520          1.51       340,669
2006 r........................   1,062,770   1,391,184       1.28    325,749     390,350       1.16    325,359       490,932          1.49       360,871
2007 r........................   1,108,225   1,446,432       1.28    353,663     411,955       1.13    338,328       505,755          1.47       375,767
 
 
2007:Jan r....................   1,065,890   1,392,233       1.31    331,772     390,950       1.18    330,991       491,404          1.48       367,623
    Feb r.....................   1,070,109   1,395,573       1.30    335,173     392,940       1.17    334,072       492,452          1.47       370,630
    Mar r.....................   1,086,383   1,394,717       1.28    341,039     393,913       1.16    336,007       489,706          1.46       372,851
    Apr r.....................   1,095,163   1,400,498       1.28    346,926     395,831       1.14    334,693       491,365          1.47       371,651
    May r.....................   1,107,910   1,406,692       1.27    350,497     396,684       1.13    340,409       494,646          1.45       377,689
    June r....................   1,105,335   1,412,705       1.28    353,052     398,549       1.13    337,273       497,649          1.48       374,740
    July r....................   1,117,640   1,419,720       1.27    353,796     399,757       1.13    339,152       502,860          1.48       376,906
    Aug r.....................   1,113,889   1,423,445       1.28    356,747     401,695       1.13    339,509       505,123          1.49       377,173
    Sept r....................   1,122,889   1,429,992       1.27    362,515     404,863       1.12    342,381       505,470          1.48       380,231
    Oct r.....................   1,130,306   1,432,359       1.27    364,887     405,003       1.11    342,295       506,864          1.48       380,349
    Nov r.....................   1,147,863   1,437,494       1.25    373,884     407,837       1.09    345,270       505,512          1.46       383,365
    Dec r.....................   1,140,901   1,446,432       1.27    371,569     411,955       1.11    342,237       505,755          1.48       380,711
 
2008:Jan p....................   1,156,957   1,459,376       1.26    381,089     416,120       1.09   r343,938       507,728          1.48      r382,336
    Feb p.....................  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ..........  .........    341,970  ...............  .........       380,197
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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 revised for wholesale 
series to reflect annual revisions 
released on March 27, 2008.

    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.