[Economic Indicators June, 2010] [Page Number 20] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] BUSINESS SALES AND INVENTORIES--Manufacturing and Trade In April, according to current estimates, manufacturing and trade sales rose 0.6 percent and inventories rose $6.0 billion. According to advance estimates, retail sales fell 1.4 percent in May. Retail and food services sales fell 1.2 percent. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [Millions of dollars, except ratios; seasonally adjusted, except as noted] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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\ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2000 ....................... 834,325 1,196,993 1.41 234,546 308,906 1.29 249,063 406,730 1.59 274,518 2001 ....................... 818,615 1,119,541 1.42 232,096 297,135 1.32 255,644 394,554 1.58 282,131 2002 ....................... 823,714 1,139,673 1.36 236,294 300,813 1.25 261,194 415,977 1.55 288,845 2003 ....................... 854,559 1,147,796 1.34 247,624 307,550 1.22 272,319 432,084 1.56 301,572 2004 ....................... 925,277 1,240,354 1.30 276,213 338,542 1.17 289,983 461,253 1.56 321,217 2005 ....................... 1,002,939 1,310,916 1.27 299,630 365,037 1.18 308,136 472,038 1.51 341,289 2006 ....................... 1,065,569 1,405,709 1.28 324,142 395,634 1.18 323,464 486,502 1.49 358,818 2007 ....................... 1,124,749 1,482,537 1.29 346,119 420,779 1.18 333,771 498,302 1.48 370,960 2008 ....................... 1,154,682 1,474,215 1.32 367,564 436,423 1.21 329,930 478,823 1.51 368,110 2009 ....................... 1,003,274 1,329,337 1.37 313,174 390,453 1.29 305,932 428,946 1.45 344,223 2009:Apr r.................. 973,357 1,393,526 1.43 301,970 411,072 1.36 298,297 452,142 1.52 336,671 May r................... 976,588 1,378,189 1.41 305,446 407,542 1.33 300,711 445,255 1.48 339,088 June ................... 989,903 1,358,727 1.37 308,123 400,535 1.30 304,851 440,798 1.45 343,108 July ................... 997,652 1,345,468 1.35 310,491 395,608 1.27 305,299 436,520 1.43 343,490 Aug .................... 1,009,859 1,326,093 1.31 313,562 390,396 1.25 312,576 426,344 1.36 350,727 Sept ................... 1,010,895 1,322,194 1.31 315,975 387,349 1.23 304,888 428,757 1.41 343,050 Oct .................... 1,023,485 1,327,175 1.30 319,030 389,434 1.22 310,202 428,774 1.38 348,321 Nov .................... 1,047,001 1,331,921 1.27 330,869 393,627 1.19 315,401 428,102 1.36 353,863 Dec .................... 1,057,078 1,329,337 1.26 332,897 390,453 1.17 315,752 428,946 1.36 354,098 2010:Jan ................... 1,063,822 1,331,665 1.25 335,870 391,038 1.16 316,980 429,197 1.35 355,197 Feb .................... 1,066,760 1,340,176 1.26 339,739 393,220 1.16 318,054 430,249 1.35 357,272 Mar r................... 1,093,913 1,349,012 1.23 348,691 396,057 1.14 325,435 433,910 1.33 364,836 Apr p................... 1,100,703 1,354,994 1.23 351,141 397,810 1.13 r 327,429 434,797 1.33 r 366,915 May p................... .......... .......... ......... ......... .......... ......... 323,007 ............... ......... 362,517 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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. Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.