[Economic Indicators January, 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 preliminary estimates, manufacturing and trade
sales rose 0.9 percent; in November, sales rose 2.3 percent while
inventories rose $5.9 billion. According to advance estimates, retail
sales fell 0.2 percent in December. Retail and food services sales fell
0.3 percent. (Series revised.)
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[Millions of dollars, except ratios; seasonally adjusted, except as noted]
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Manufacturing and trade \1\ Wholesale Retail
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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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1999 ....................... 786,634 1,138,982 1.40 216,597 290,318 1.30 234,046 385,039 1.59 257,797
2000 ....................... 834,325 1,198,022 1.41 234,546 309,462 1.29 249,063 406,887 1.59 274,518
2001 r...................... 818,615 1,120,422 1.43 232,096 297,927 1.32 255,644 394,775 1.58 282,131
2002 r...................... 823,714 1,140,904 1.36 236,294 301,891 1.26 261,194 416,289 1.55 288,845
2003 r...................... 853,596 1,147,981 1.34 246,857 307,642 1.23 272,123 432,372 1.56 301,264
2004 r...................... 923,319 1,239,685 1.30 274,710 337,983 1.18 289,528 461,372 1.56 320,526
2005 r...................... 1,000,368 1,306,598 1.27 297,915 362,451 1.18 307,280 471,749 1.51 340,057
2006 r...................... 1,064,187 1,390,670 1.28 323,396 392,291 1.17 322,461 487,514 1.50 357,284
2007 r...................... 1,102,196 1,446,313 1.28 345,871 416,632 1.16 332,902 499,724 1.49 369,385
2008 r...................... 1,136,984 1,453,189 1.32 375,059 427,008 1.17 329,996 484,414 1.52 367,741
2009 p...................... 992,184 .......... ......... 320,596 383,570 1.24 306,927 ............... ......... 344,948
2008:Nov r.................. 1,026,879 1,475,847 1.44 335,256 433,890 1.29 307,210 490,660 1.60 345,175
Dec r................... 993,515 1,453,189 1.46 322,616 427,008 1.32 297,453 484,414 1.63 335,016
2009:Jan r.................. 985,402 1,437,899 1.46 317,731 425,915 1.34 303,921 476,498 1.57 342,017
Feb r................... 986,065 1,417,350 1.44 318,491 418,539 1.31 304,889 470,939 1.54 343,438
Mar r................... 969,020 1,399,094 1.44 310,723 411,092 1.32 301,057 466,501 1.55 339,228
Apr r................... 968,183 1,381,276 1.43 310,742 405,599 1.31 300,117 460,035 1.53 338,344
May r................... 967,835 1,364,131 1.41 312,050 400,795 1.28 301,595 452,031 1.50 339,873
June r.................. 977,786 1,344,127 1.37 312,941 392,493 1.25 304,728 446,625 1.47 342,912
July r.................. 981,770 1,329,165 1.35 314,709 386,330 1.23 304,450 442,242 1.45 342,489
Aug r................... 993,217 1,308,296 1.32 318,069 381,146 1.20 312,879 430,601 1.38 350,800
Sept r.................. 994,916 1,303,701 1.31 322,169 378,281 1.17 305,865 432,861 1.42 343,687
Oct r................... 1,006,760 1,307,801 1.30 326,645 380,574 1.17 309,821 432,830 1.40 347,641
Nov p................... r 1,030,14 1,313,692 1.28 r 338,303 r 386,662 1.14 r 315,789 431,762 1.37 r 353,951
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Dec p................... 1,039,283 .......... ......... 341,155 383,570 1.12 315,041 ............... ......... 352,985
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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 seasonal
adjustment revisions (see page 21).
Source: Department of Commerce,
Bureau of the Census.