[Economic Indicators March, 2010]
[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 rose 0.7 percent and inventories rose $0.7 billion. According to 
advance estimates, retail sales rose 0.3 percent in February. Retail and 
food services sales also rose 0.3 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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2000 r......................     834,325   1,197,466       1.41    234,546     308,906       1.29      249,063       406,887          1.59       274,518
2001 r......................     818,615   1,119,630       1.43    232,096     297,135       1.32      255,644       394,775          1.58       282,131
2002 r......................     823,714   1,139,826       1.36    236,294     300,813       1.25      261,194       416,289          1.55       288,845
2003 r......................     854,363   1,147,889       1.34    247,624     307,550       1.22      272,123       432,372          1.56       301,264
2004 r......................     924,822   1,240,244       1.30    276,213     338,542       1.17      289,528       461,372          1.56       320,526
2005 r......................   1,002,084   1,309,184       1.27    299,630     365,037       1.18      307,280       471,749          1.51       340,057
2006 r......................   1,064,933   1,394,013       1.28    324,142     395,634       1.18      322,461       487,514          1.50       357,284
2007 r......................   1,102,444   1,450,460       1.29    346,119     420,779       1.18      332,902       499,724          1.49       369,385
2008 r......................   1,129,489   1,461,499       1.33    367,564     436,423       1.21      329,996       483,309          1.52       367,741
2009 r......................     984,721   1,317,927       1.38    313,174     390,453       1.29      306,931       433,039          1.46       344,916
 
2009:Jan r..................     971,649   1,442,297       1.48    305,636     432,529       1.42      302,263       474,282          1.57       340,439
    Feb r...................     975,328   1,424,217       1.46    308,625     425,406       1.38      304,018       470,939          1.55       342,356
    Mar r...................     959,911   1,405,502       1.46    301,614     417,500       1.38      301,057       466,501          1.55       339,228
    Apr  r..................     961,141   1,387,387       1.44    303,700     411,710       1.36      300,117       460,035          1.53       338,344
    May r...................     961,231   1,370,878       1.43    305,446     407,542       1.33      301,595       452,031          1.50       339,873
    June r..................     972,968   1,352,169       1.39    308,123     400,535       1.30      304,728       446,625          1.47       342,912
    July r..................     977,552   1,338,443       1.37    310,491     395,608       1.27      304,450       442,242          1.45       342,489
    Aug r...................     988,710   1,317,546       1.33    313,562     390,396       1.25      312,879       430,601          1.38       350,800
    Sept r..................     988,722   1,312,769       1.33    315,975     387,349       1.23      305,865       432,861          1.42       343,687
    Oct r...................     999,145   1,316,661       1.32    319,030     389,434       1.22      309,821       432,830          1.40       347,641
    Nov r...................   1,023,341   1,320,930       1.29    330,869     393,627       1.19      316,424       432,035          1.37       354,467
    Dec r...................   1,031,551   1,317,927       1.28    332,897     390,453       1.17      315,927       433,039          1.37       353,817
 
2010:Jan p..................   1,038,600   1,318,652       1.27    336,829     390,057       1.16    r 316,446       432,817          1.37     r 354,339
    Feb p...................  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ..........  .........      317,306  ...............  .........       355,546
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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, 
2010.

    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.