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


 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In February, according to current estimates, manufacturing and trade 
sales rose 0.5 percent and inventories rose $6.6 billion. According to 
advance estimates, retail sales rose 2.1 percent in March. Retail and 
food services sales also rose 1.9 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   1,197,309       1.41    234,546     308,906       1.29      249,063       406,730          1.59       274,518
2001 r......................     818,615   1,119,409       1.42    232,096     297,135       1.32      255,644       394,554          1.58       282,131
2002 r......................     823,714   1,139,514       1.36    236,294     300,813       1.25      261,194       415,977          1.55       288,845
2003 r......................     854,559   1,147,601       1.34    247,624     307,550       1.22      272,319       432,084          1.56       301,572
2004 r......................     925,277   1,240,125       1.30    276,213     338,542       1.17      289,983       461,253          1.56       321,217
2005 r......................   1,002,939   1,309,473       1.27    299,630     365,037       1.18      308,136       472,038          1.51       341,289
2006 r......................   1,065,936   1,393,001       1.28    324,142     395,634       1.18      323,464       486,502          1.49       358,818
2007 r......................   1,103,313   1,449,038       1.29    346,119     420,779       1.18      333,771       498,302          1.48       370,960
2008 r......................   1,129,422   1,457,013       1.33    367,564     436,423       1.21      329,930       478,823          1.51       368,110
2009 r......................     983,722   1,313,834       1.38    313,174     390,453       1.29      305,932       428,946          1.45       344,223
 
2009:Feb r..................     973,941   1,416,282       1.45    308,505     425,041       1.38      302,751       463,369          1.53       341,390
    Mar r...................     957,352   1,397,817       1.46    301,614     417,500       1.38      298,498       458,816          1.54       336,801
    Apr  r..................     959,483   1,380,493       1.44    303,700     411,710       1.36      298,459       453,141          1.52       336,833
    May r...................     960,491   1,364,102       1.42    305,446     407,542       1.33      300,855       445,255          1.48       339,232
    June r..................     973,091   1,346,342       1.38    308,123     400,535       1.30      304,851       440,798          1.45       343,108
    July r..................     978,401   1,332,721       1.36    310,491     395,608       1.27      305,299       436,520          1.43       343,490
    Aug r...................     988,407   1,313,289       1.33    313,562     390,396       1.25      312,576       426,344          1.36       350,727
    Sept r..................     987,745   1,308,665       1.32    315,975     387,349       1.23      304,888       428,757          1.41       343,050
    Oct r...................     999,526   1,312,605       1.31    319,030     389,434       1.22      310,202       428,774          1.38       348,321
    Nov r...................   1,022,318   1,316,997       1.29    330,869     393,627       1.19      315,401       428,102          1.36       353,863
    Dec r...................   1,031,376   1,313,834       1.27    332,897     390,453       1.17      315,752       428,946          1.36       354,098
 
2010:Jan r..................   1,038,175   1,316,013       1.27    335,870     391,038       1.16      316,980       429,197          1.35       355,197
    Feb p...................   1,042,920   1,322,612       1.27    338,659     393,479       1.16    r 317,293       429,913          1.35     r 356,593
    Mar p...................  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ..........  .........      323,800  ...............  .........       363,278
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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 retail 
sales to reflect annual revisions 
released on April 30, 2010.

    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.