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


 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In November, according to preliminary estimates, manufacturing and trade 
sales rose 1.9 percent; in October, sales rose 1.4 percent, while 
inventories rose $5.5 billion. According to advance estimates, retail 
sales rose 1.4 percent in November. Retail and food services sales rose 
1.3 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:Oct r..................   1,093,446   1,494,320       1.37    360,753     438,760       1.22      316,793       500,570          1.58       354,744
    Nov r...................   1,031,647   1,476,465       1.43    335,256     433,890       1.29      307,463       490,322          1.59       345,508
    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 ...................     980,110   1,330,746       1.36    314,709     386,330       1.23      304,450       442,242          1.45       342,489
    Aug ....................     991,093   1,309,220       1.32    318,069     381,146       1.20      312,879       430,601          1.38       350,800
    Sept r..................     993,007   1,302,371       1.31    322,169     378,281       1.17      305,865       432,861          1.42       343,687
    Oct p...................   1,006,730   1,307,834       1.30    326,645     380,574       1.17    r 309,791       432,863          1.40     r 347,605
    Nov p...................   1,025,656  ..........  .........    337,396     386,263       1.14      314,086  ...............  .........       352,073
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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.