[Economic Report of the President (1998)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



Table B-58.--Manufacturers' shipments and inventories, 1954-97
[Millions of dollars; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Shipments\1\                                               Inventories\2\
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Durable goods industries              Nondurable goods industries
Durable   Nondur-           ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Year or month                        goods     able                          Mate-                                   Mate-     Work
Total    indus-     goods     Total               rials   Work  in  Finished              rials      in    Finished
tries    indus-               Total      and      proc-     goods     Total      and     proc-     goods
tries                       supplies     ess                        supplies    ess
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1954.............................    23,355    11,828    11,527    41,612    23,710     7,894     9,721     6,040    17,902     8,167    2,440     7,415
1955.............................    26,480    14,071    12,409    45,069    26,405     9,194    10,756     6,348    18,664     8,556    2,571     7,666
1956.............................    27,740    14,715    13,025    50,642    30,447    10,417    12,317     7,565    20,195     8,971    2,721     8,622
1957.............................    28,736    15,237    13,499    51,871    31,728    10,608    12,837     8,125    20,143     8,775    2,864     8,624
1958.............................    27,248    13,553    13,695    50,203    30,194     9,970    12,408     7,816    20,009     8,676    2,827     8,506
1959.............................    30,286    15,597    14,689    52,913    32,012    10,709    13,086     8,217    20,901     9,094    2,942     8,865

1960.............................    30,878    15,870    15,008    53,786    32,337    10,306    12,809     9,222    21,449     9,097    2,947     9,405
1961.............................    30,922    15,601    15,321    54,871    32,496    10,246    13,211     9,039    22,375     9,505    3,108     9,762
1962.............................    33,358    17,247    16,111    58,172    34,565    10,794    14,124     9,647    23,607     9,836    3,304    10,467
1963.............................    35,058    18,255    16,803    60,029    35,776    11,053    14,835     9,888    24,253    10,009    3,420    10,824
1964.............................    37,331    19,611    17,720    63,410    38,421    11,946    16,158    10,317    24,989    10,167    3,531    11,291
1965.............................    40,995    22,193    18,802    68,207    42,189    13,298    18,055    10,836    26,018    10,487    3,825    11,706
1966.............................    44,870    24,617    20,253    77,986    49,852    15,464    21,908    12,480    28,134    11,197    4,226    12,711
1967.............................    46,486    25,233    21,253    84,646    54,896    16,423    24,933    13,540    29,750    11,760    4,431    13,559
1968.............................    50,229    27,624    22,605    90,560    58,732    17,344    27,213    14,175    31,828    12,328    4,852    14,648
1969.............................    53,501    29,403    24,098    98,145    64,598    18,636    30,282    15,680    33,547    12,753    5,120    15,674

1970.............................    52,805    28,156    24,649   101,599    66,651    19,149    29,745    17,757    34,948    13,168    5,271    16,509
1971.............................    55,906    29,924    25,982   102,567    66,136    19,679    28,550    17,907    36,431    13,686    5,678    17,067
1972.............................    63,027    33,987    29,040   108,121    70,067    20,807    30,713    18,547    38,054    14,677    5,998    17,379
1973.............................    72,931    39,635    33,296   124,499    81,192    25,944    35,490    19,758    43,307    18,147    6,729    18,431
1974.............................    84,790    44,173    40,617   157,625   101,493    35,070    42,530    23,893    56,132    23,744    8,189    24,199
1975.............................    86,589    43,598    42,991   159,708   102,590    33,903    43,227    25,460    57,118    23,565    8,834    24,719
1976.............................    98,797    50,623    48,174   174,636   111,988    37,457    46,074    28,457    62,648    25,847    9,929    26,872
1977.............................   113,201    59,168    54,033   188,378   120,877    40,186    50,226    30,465    67,501    27,387   10,961    29,153
1978.............................   126,905    67,731    59,174   211,691   138,181    45,198    58,848    34,135    73,510    29,619   12,085    31,806
1979.............................   143,936    75,927    68,009   242,157   160,734    52,670    69,325    38,739    81,423    32,814   13,910    34,699

1980.............................   154,391    77,419    76,972   265,215   174,788    55,173    76,945    42,670    90,427    36,606   15,884    37,937
1981.............................   168,129    83,727    84,402   283,413   186,443    57,998    80,998    47,447    96,970    38,165   16,194    42,611
1982.............................   163,351    79,212    84,139   311,852   200,444    59,136    86,707    54,601   111,408    44,039   18,612    48,757
1983.............................   172,547    85,481    87,066   312,379   199,854    60,325    86,899    52,630   112,525    44,816   18,691    49,018
1984.............................   190,682    97,940    92,742   339,516   221,330    66,031    98,251    57,048   118,186    45,692   19,328    53,166
1985.............................   194,538   101,279    93,259   334,749   218,193    63,904    98,162    56,127   116,556    44,106   19,442    53,008
1986.............................   194,657   103,238    91,419   322,654   211,997    61,331    97,000    53,666   110,657    42,335   18,124    50,198
1987.............................   206,326   108,128    98,198   338,109   220,799    63,562   102,393    54,844   117,310    45,319   19,270    52,721
1988.............................   224,619   118,458   106,161   369,374   242,468    69,611   112,958    59,899   126,906    49,396   20,559    56,951
1989.............................   236,698   123,158   113,540   391,212   257,513    72,435   122,251    62,827   133,699    50,674   21,653    61,372

1990.............................   242,686   123,776   118,910   405,073   263,209    73,559   124,130    65,520   141,864    52,645   22,817    66,402
1991.............................   239,847   121,000   118,847   390,950   250,019    70,834   114,960    64,225   140,931    53,011   22,815    65,105
1992.............................   250,394   128,489   121,905   382,547   238,166    69,427   104,572    64,167   144,381    53,995   23,536    66,850
1993.............................   260,635   135,886   124,749   384,138   239,404    72,544   102,632    64,228   144,734    55,069   23,394    66,271
1994.............................   279,002   149,131   129,870   405,028   253,691    78,401   107,244    68,046   151,337    58,163   24,685    68,489
1995.............................   299,116   160,101   139,015   429,089   265,915    85,040   105,810    75,065   163,174    62,530   26,185    74,459
1996.............................   311,265   167,166   144,099   434,434   271,329    83,846   110,559    76,924   163,105    60,741   26,668    75,696

1996: Jan........................   300,439   160,363   140,076   431,192   267,964    85,722   106,519    75,723   163,228    62,561   26,358    74,309
Feb........................   303,090   162,473   140,617   431,462   268,245    86,049   106,456    75,740   163,217    62,422   26,253    74,542
Mar........................   301,666   160,768   140,898   431,363   268,392    85,891   107,003    75,498   162,971    61,779   26,266    74,926
Apr........................   309,477   165,496   143,981   431,352   268,648    85,844   107,500    75,304   162,704    61,682   26,334    74,688
May........................   313,247   168,781   144,466   430,298   268,657    85,483   107,734    75,440   161,641    61,187   26,318    74,136
June.......................   310,052   167,524   142,528   429,802   268,294    84,397   108,228    75,669   161,508    60,727   26,373    74,408

July.......................   313,851   168,762   145,089   430,543   269,493    85,307   108,368    75,818   161,050    60,635   26,240    74,175
Aug........................   313,854   168,960   144,894   431,647   270,537    84,805   108,874    76,858   161,110    60,506   26,568    74,036
Sept.......................   315,971   171,415   144,556   432,674   270,794    85,018   108,712    77,064   161,880    60,638   26,489    74,753
Oct........................   316,461   169,368   147,093   434,038   271,616    84,227   109,806    77,583   162,422    61,028   26,652    74,742
Nov........................   319,296   171,426   147,870   435,200   272,198    84,154   110,655    77,389   163,002    60,852   26,728    75,422
Dec........................   316,306   169,504   146,802   434,434   271,329    83,846   110,559    76,924   163,105    60,741   26,668    75,696

1997: Jan........................   319,725   171,403   148,322   435,743   272,652    84,033   110,804    77,815   163,091    60,706   26,788    75,597
Feb........................   322,967   174,862   148,105   437,873   274,170    84,147   111,395    78,628   163,703    61,191   27,032    75,480
Mar........................   322,923   176,224   146,699   438,560   274,633    84,982   111,780    77,871   163,927    61,157   27,076    75,694
Apr........................   326,909   178,482   148,427   441,508   276,992    85,066   112,555    79,371   164,516    61,067   27,363    76,086
May........................   323,567   175,900   147,667   443,460   278,084    85,373   112,939    79,772   165,376    61,160   27,785    76,431
June.......................   328,315   180,687   147,628   444,823   279,166    86,081   113,043    80,042   165,657    60,987   27,580    77,090

July.......................   332,895   183,827   149,068   446,602   280,800    86,461   113,931    80,408   165,802    60,906   27,744    77,152
Aug........................   330,178   181,131   149,047   448,447   281,878    86,360   114,626    80,892   166,569    60,944   28,149    77,476
Sept.......................   335,366   185,496   149,870   449,152   281,762    87,175   113,995    80,592   167,390    61,491   28,358    77,541
Oct........................   334,064   183,602   150,462   452,139   283,477    87,261   115,099    81,117   168,662    61,545   28,928    78,189
Nov p......................   332,339   182,797   149,542   453,955   284,463    87,163   116,275    81,025   169,492    60,872   29,319    79,301
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\1\ Annual data are averages of monthly not seasonally adjusted figures.
\2\ Seasonally adjusted, end of period. Data beginning 1982 are not comparable with data for prior periods.

Note.--Data beginning 1958 are not strictly comparable with earlier data.

Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.