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


 
BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade

In March, according to current estimates, manufacturing and trade sales 
rose 2.5 percent and inventories rose $5.6 billion. According to advance 
estimates, retail sales rose 0.5 percent in April. Retail and food 
services sales rose 0.4 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   1,196,993       1.41    234,546     308,906       1.29      249,063       406,730          1.59       274,518
2001 r......................     818,615   1,119,541       1.42    232,096     297,135       1.32      255,644       394,554          1.58       282,131
2002 r......................     823,714   1,139,673       1.36    236,294     300,813       1.25      261,194       415,977          1.55       288,845
2003 r......................     854,559   1,147,796       1.34    247,624     307,550       1.22      272,319       432,084          1.56       301,572
2004 r......................     925,277   1,240,354       1.30    276,213     338,542       1.17      289,983       461,253          1.56       321,217
2005 r......................   1,002,939   1,310,916       1.27    299,630     365,037       1.18      308,136       472,038          1.51       341,289
2006 r......................   1,065,569   1,405,709       1.28    324,142     395,634       1.18      323,464       486,502          1.49       358,818
2007 r......................   1,124,749   1,482,537       1.29    346,119     420,779       1.18      333,771       498,302          1.48       370,960
2008 r......................   1,154,682   1,474,215       1.32    367,564     436,423       1.21      329,930       478,823          1.51       368,110
2009 r......................   1,003,274   1,329,337       1.37    313,174     390,453       1.29      305,932       428,946          1.45       344,223
 
2009:Mar r..................     971,434   1,411,982       1.45    300,489     416,943       1.39      297,904       458,498          1.54       336,207
    Apr  r..................     975,129   1,395,163       1.43    303,700     411,710       1.36      298,339       453,141          1.52       336,713
    May r...................     976,732   1,378,189       1.41    305,446     407,542       1.33      300,855       445,255          1.48       339,232
    June r..................     989,903   1,358,727       1.37    308,123     400,535       1.30      304,851       440,798          1.45       343,108
    July r..................     997,652   1,345,468       1.35    310,491     395,608       1.27      305,299       436,520          1.43       343,490
    Aug r...................   1,009,859   1,326,093       1.31    313,562     390,396       1.25      312,576       426,344          1.36       350,727
    Sept r..................   1,010,895   1,322,194       1.31    315,975     387,349       1.23      304,888       428,757          1.41       343,050
    Oct r...................   1,023,485   1,327,175       1.30    319,030     389,434       1.22      310,202       428,774          1.38       348,321
    Nov r...................   1,047,001   1,331,921       1.27    330,869     393,627       1.19      315,401       428,102          1.36       353,863
    Dec r...................   1,057,078   1,329,337       1.26    332,897     390,453       1.17      315,752       428,946          1.36       354,098
 
2010:Jan r..................   1,063,822   1,331,665       1.25    335,870     391,038       1.16      316,980       429,197          1.35       355,197
    Feb r...................   1,066,760   1,340,176       1.26    339,739     393,220       1.16      318,054       430,249          1.35       357,272
    Mar p...................   1,093,249   1,345,812       1.23    348,022     394,785       1.13    r 325,440       431,982          1.33     r 364,854
    Apr p...................  ..........  ..........  .........  .........  ..........  .........      326,950  ...............  .........       366,404
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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.--Total manufacturing and 
trade data reflect annual seasonal 
adjustment and benchmark revisions 
for manufacturing series (see page 
21).

    Source: Department of Commerce, 
Bureau of the Census.