[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.