[Economic Indicators March, 2008]
[Page Number 21]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
MANUFACTURERS' SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES, AND ORDERS

In February, manufacturers' shipments and new orders fell, while 
inventories and unfilled orders rose.
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                                                                      Manufacturers' shipments \1\     Manufacturers' inventories \2\     Manufacturers' new orders \1\
                                                                   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------              Manufac-
                                                                                                                                                        Durable goods       Manufac-    turers'
                                                                                                                                                  ------------------------   turers'     inven-
                              Period                                            Durable   Nondurable              Durable   Nondurable                          Capital     unfilled     tory--
                                                                      Total      goods       goods      Total      goods       goods      Total                  goods     orders \2\  shipments
                                                                                                                                                     Total    industries,                 ratio
                                                                                                                                                               nondefense                 \3\
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                                                                                                Millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted, except as noted
 
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1998 .............................................................    324,984    185,966     139,019    449,083    290,715     158,368    317,345    178,327      62,133     496,092        1.38
1999 .............................................................    335,991    193,895     142,096    463,563    296,508     167,055    329,770    187,674      64,392     505,589        1.35
2000 .............................................................    350,715    197,807     152,908    481,633    306,743     174,890    346,789    193,881      69,278     549,513        1.35
2001 .............................................................    330,875    181,201     149,674    428,108    267,902     160,206    322,708    173,033      58,204     513,802        1.38
2002 .............................................................    326,227    176,968     149,259    423,082    260,661     162,421    316,811    167,553      51,817     461,585        1.29
2003 .............................................................    334,616    178,549     156,067    408,226    247,061     161,165    330,369    174,302      52,891     477,029        1.24
2004 .............................................................    359,081    188,722     170,359    439,821    266,264     173,557    354,599    184,240      56,079     495,630        1.18
2005 .............................................................    394,615    201,695     192,920    479,106    286,775     192,331    394,580    201,660      65,625     570,020        1.17
2006 .............................................................    411,663    211,492     200,170    509,902    309,481     200,421    414,562    214,391      72,429     684,047        1.21
2007r.............................................................    416,234    212,223     204,011    528,722    320,351     208,371    420,324    216,312      75,002     808,034        1.24
 
2007:Feb .........................................................    400,864    206,521     194,343    510,181    311,110     199,071    400,493    206,150      68,845     693,326        1.27
      Mar ........................................................    409,337    209,287     200,050    511,098    311,315     199,783    416,759    216,709      78,375     706,081        1.25
      Apr ........................................................    413,544    213,525     200,019    513,302    312,426     200,876    418,997    218,978      78,128     719,366        1.24
      May ........................................................    417,004    213,967     203,037    515,362    312,653     202,709    416,866    213,829      72,788     725,644        1.24
      June .......................................................    415,010    211,616     203,394    516,507    312,622     203,885    420,992    217,598      77,389     737,085        1.24
      July .......................................................    424,692    220,095     204,597    517,103    312,895     204,208    435,099    230,502      81,119     754,340        1.22
      Aug ........................................................    417,633    215,919     201,714    516,627    312,577     204,050    420,076    218,362      71,417     763,051        1.24
      Sept .......................................................    417,993    212,135     205,858    519,659    313,607     206,052    421,206    215,348      74,935     771,803        1.24
      Oct ........................................................    423,124    213,235     209,889    520,492    314,834     205,658    424,145    214,256      73,022     779,374        1.23
      Nov ........................................................    428,709    212,462     216,247    524,145    316,961     207,184    431,489    215,242      76,959     788,661        1.22
      Dec ........................................................    427,095    211,747     215,348    528,722    320,351     208,371    440,035    224,687      81,127     808,034        1.24
 
2008:Jan r........................................................    431,930    216,582     215,348    535,528    322,085     213,443    430,072    214,724      74,878     814,895        1.24
      Feb p.......................................................    422,952    210,803     212,149    538,367    323,649     214,718    424,416    212,267      74,258     822,392        1.27
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    \1\ Annual data are averages of 
monthly not seasonally adjusted 
figures; monthly data are seasonally 
adjusted totals for month. Shipments 
are the same as sales.
    \2\ Seasonally adjusted, end of 
period.
    \3\ Annual data are averages of 
seasonally adjusted monthly ratios.
    Note.--Manufacturers' nondurable 
new orders (not shown) are the same 
as nondurable shipments. Also, there 
are no unfilled nondurable orders; 
data shown for total unfilled orders 
are durable unfilled orders.
    Total and durable shipments and 
inventories include data on 
semiconductors; new and unfilled 
orders do not.

    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.