[Economic Indicators March, 2009]
[Page Number 20]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade
In January, according to current estimates, manufacturing and trade
sales fell 1.1 percent and inventories fell $18.2 billion. According to
advance estimates, retail sales fell 0.1 percent in February. Retail and
food services sales fell 0.1 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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1999 r........................ 786,634 1,138,952 1.40 216,597 290,318 1.30 234,046 385,009 1.59 257,797
2000 r........................ 834,325 1,197,988 1.41 234,546 309,462 1.29 249,063 406,853 1.59 274,518
2001 r........................ 818,615 1,120,753 1.43 232,096 297,927 1.32 255,644 394,713 1.58 282,131
2002 r........................ 823,714 1,141,183 1.36 236,294 301,891 1.26 261,194 416,159 1.55 288,845
2003 r........................ 853,596 1,148,305 1.34 246,857 307,642 1.23 272,123 432,359 1.56 301,264
2004 r........................ 923,319 1,240,085 1.30 274,710 337,983 1.18 289,528 461,405 1.56 320,526
2005 r........................ 1,000,426 1,307,267 1.27 297,915 362,451 1.18 307,338 471,956 1.51 340,141
2006 r........................ 1,065,673 1,392,369 1.27 323,396 392,291 1.17 323,947 488,591 1.49 358,978
2007 r........................ 1,105,995 1,450,073 1.28 345,871 416,632 1.16 336,701 502,777 1.47 373,556
2008 r........................ 1,141,604 1,458,075 1.31 375,059 429,572 1.17 334,617 486,517 1.50 372,891
2008:Jan r.................... 1,158,482 1,464,477 1.26 377,100 422,416 1.12 343,739 504,564 1.47 381,421
Feb r..................... 1,144,460 1,469,418 1.28 373,200 425,999 1.14 341,729 502,744 1.47 379,355
Mar r..................... 1,154,975 1,471,631 1.27 378,230 425,868 1.13 342,367 499,972 1.46 380,020
Apr r..................... 1,171,277 1,477,746 1.26 382,513 431,059 1.13 342,733 501,054 1.46 380,788
May r..................... 1,180,207 1,481,924 1.26 387,371 433,432 1.12 345,425 499,667 1.45 383,769
June r.................... 1,197,674 1,492,375 1.25 396,165 436,648 1.10 345,636 500,100 1.45 384,069
July r.................... 1,198,374 1,507,078 1.26 392,898 441,145 1.12 343,097 506,863 1.48 381,578
Aug r..................... 1,172,278 1,510,048 1.29 386,401 443,937 1.15 340,422 503,330 1.48 378,966
Sept r.................... 1,144,532 1,504,926 1.31 378,625 442,528 1.17 334,415 504,102 1.51 373,033
Oct r..................... 1,100,404 1,496,194 1.36 362,539 438,249 1.21 321,965 502,955 1.56 360,296
Nov r..................... 1,039,695 1,481,024 1.42 337,615 434,986 1.29 313,152 493,785 1.58 351,777
Dec r..................... 1,004,504 1,458,075 1.45 325,672 429,572 1.32 302,852 486,517 1.61 340,987
2009:Jan p.................... 993,265 1,439,847 1.45 318,438 425,717 1.34 r308,461 478,280 1.55 r347,191
Feb p..................... .......... .......... ......... ......... .......... ......... 308,148 ............... ......... 346,810
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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 31,
2009.
Source: Department of Commerce,
Bureau of the Census.