[Economic Indicators October, 2009]
[Page Number 20]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In September, according to preliminary estimates, manufacturing and 
trade sales were virtually unchanged; in August, sales rose 1.0 percent, 
while inventories fell $20.2 billion. According to advance estimates, 
retail sales fell 1.7 percent in September. Retail and food services 
sales fell 1.5 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 .........................     786,634   1,138,982       1.40    216,597     290,318       1.30    234,046       385,039          1.59       257,797
2000 .........................     834,325   1,198,022       1.41    234,546     309,462       1.29    249,063       406,887          1.59       274,518
2001 .........................     818,615   1,120,815       1.43    232,096     297,927       1.32    255,644       394,775          1.58       282,131
2002 .........................     823,714   1,141,313       1.36    236,294     301,891       1.26    261,194       416,289          1.55       288,845
2003 .........................     853,596   1,148,318       1.34    246,857     307,642       1.23    272,123       432,372          1.56       301,264
2004 .........................     923,319   1,240,052       1.30    274,710     337,983       1.18    289,528       461,372          1.56       320,526
2005 .........................   1,000,368   1,307,060       1.27    297,915     362,451       1.18    307,280       471,749          1.51       340,057
2006 .........................   1,064,187   1,391,292       1.28    323,396     392,291       1.17    322,461       487,514          1.50       357,284
2007 .........................   1,102,196   1,447,020       1.28    345,871     416,632       1.16    332,902       499,724          1.49       369,385
2008 .........................   1,136,984   1,455,972       1.31    375,059     429,572       1.17    329,996       484,414          1.52       367,741
 
2008:Aug r....................   1,164,908   1,512,798       1.30    386,097     446,873       1.16    333,356       503,144          1.51       371,311
    Sept r....................   1,136,129   1,502,952       1.32    377,364     444,618       1.18    327,273       500,038          1.53       365,399
    Oct ......................   1,095,637   1,492,123       1.36    362,539     438,249       1.21    317,198       498,884          1.57       355,037
    Nov ......................   1,036,285   1,477,561       1.43    337,615     434,986       1.29    309,742       490,322          1.58       347,707
    Dec ......................   1,000,601   1,455,972       1.46    325,672     429,572       1.32    298,949       484,414          1.62       336,438
 
2009:Jan .....................     998,018   1,438,263       1.46    317,731     425,915       1.34    303,921       476,498          1.57       342,017
    Feb ......................     987,859   1,418,398       1.44    318,491     418,539       1.31    304,889       470,939          1.54       343,438
    Mar ......................     969,853   1,400,255       1.44    310,723     411,092       1.32    301,057       466,501          1.55       339,228
    Apr ......................     967,289   1,382,179       1.43    310,742     405,599       1.31    300,117       460,035          1.53       338,344
    May ......................     967,070   1,365,341       1.41    312,050     400,795       1.28    301,595       452,031          1.50       339,873
    June .....................     977,597   1,345,888       1.38    312,941     392,493       1.25    304,728       446,625          1.47       342,912
    July r....................     980,110   1,330,746       1.36    314,709     386,330       1.23    304,450       442,242          1.45       342,489
    Aug p.....................     989,825   1,310,580       1.32    318,069     381,146       1.20  r 311,611       431,961          1.39     r 349,885
    Sept p....................     989,578  ..........  .........    320,189     377,722       1.18    306,336  ...............  .........       344,688
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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.
    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.