[Economic Indicators February, 2010]
[Page Number 20]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In December, according to current estimates, manufacturing and trade 
sales rose 0.9 percent and inventories fell $3.8 billion. According to 
advance estimates, retail sales rose 0.5 percent in January. Retail and 
food services sales also rose 0.5 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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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   1,120,422       1.43    232,096     297,927       1.32      255,644       394,775          1.58       282,131
2002........................     823,714   1,140,904       1.36    236,294     301,891       1.26      261,194       416,289          1.55       288,845
2003........................     853,596   1,147,981       1.34    246,857     307,642       1.23      272,123       432,372          1.56       301,264
2004........................     923,319   1,239,685       1.30    274,710     337,983       1.18      289,528       461,372          1.56       320,526
2005........................   1,000,368   1,306,598       1.27    297,915     362,451       1.18      307,280       471,749          1.51       340,057
2006........................   1,064,187   1,390,670       1.28    323,396     392,291       1.17      322,461       487,514          1.50       357,284
2007........................   1,102,196   1,446,313       1.28    345,871     416,632       1.16      332,902       499,724          1.49       369,385
2008........................   1,136,984  r1,452,084       1.32    375,059     427,008       1.17      329,996      r483,309          1.52       367,741
2009 p......................   r 992,146   1,310,167       1.36    320,596     383,570       1.24    r 306,933       432,162          1.46     r 344,922
 
2008:Dec r..................     993,696   1,452,084       1.46    322,616     427,008       1.32      297,634       483,309          1.62       335,498
 
2009:Jan r..................     983,203   1,437,899       1.46    317,731     425,915       1.34      301,722       476,498          1.58       339,778
    Feb.....................     986,065   1,417,350       1.44    318,491     418,539       1.31      304,889       470,939          1.54       343,438
    Mar.....................     969,020   1,399,094       1.44    310,723     411,092       1.32      301,057       466,501          1.55       339,228
    Apr ....................     968,183   1,381,276       1.43    310,742     405,599       1.31      300,117       460,035          1.53       338,344
    May.....................     967,835   1,364,131       1.41    312,050     400,795       1.28      301,595       452,031          1.50       339,873
    June....................     977,786   1,344,127       1.37    312,941     392,493       1.25      304,728       446,625          1.47       342,912
    July....................     981,770   1,329,165       1.35    314,709     386,330       1.23      304,450       442,242          1.45       342,489
    Aug.....................     993,217   1,308,296       1.32    318,069     381,146       1.20      312,879       430,601          1.38       350,800
    Sept....................     994,916   1,303,701       1.31    322,169     378,281       1.17      305,865       432,861          1.42       343,687
    Oct.....................   1,006,760   1,307,801       1.30    326,645     380,574       1.17      309,821       432,830          1.40       347,641
    Nov r...................   1,030,775   1,313,965       1.27    338,303     386,662       1.14      316,424       432,035          1.37       354,467
    Dec p...................  r 1,039,99   1,310,167       1.26    341,155     383,570       1.12    r 316,117       432,162          1.37     r 354,085
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2010:Jan p..................  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ..........  .........      317,573  ...............  .........       355,777
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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.