Seasonally adjusted sales and inventories in millions of dollars.
R denotes revision. Source: U.S. Commerce Department.
-TOTAL SALES- -TOTAL INVENTORIES- -INVTY/
Mo Ago Yr Ago Mo Ago Yr Ago SALES-
Level % chg % chg : Level % chg % chg : Ratio
Nov 14 452,211 -0.3 2.4 : 547,153 0.8 7.1 : 1.21
Oct 14 453,558R 0.0 4.0 : 542,927R 0.6 7.0 : 1.20
Sep 14 453,662 0.0 5.1 : 539,719 0.4 7.6 : 1.19
Aug 14 453,506 -0.8 5.7 : 537,450 0.6 7.8 : 1.19
Jul 14 457,008 0.4 7.2 : 534,437 0.3 8.0 : 1.17
Jun 14 455,173 0.4 6.7 : 533,021 0.2 7.8 : 1.17
May 14 453,329 0.7 6.6 : 531,768 0.3 7.7 : 1.17
Apr 14 450,167 1.3 7.8 : 530,062 1.0 6.6 : 1.18
Mar 14 444,307 1.6 6.8 : 525,008 1.1 5.9 : 1.18
Feb 14 437,118 1.1 3.7 : 519,479 -0.3 3.6 : 1.19
Jan 14 432,555 -1.9 3.9 : 521,201 0.6 3.6 : 1.20
Dec 13 440,961 -0.1 5.5 : 518,211 1.5 4.0 : 1.18
Nov 13 441,489R 1.3 5.8 : 510,786R 0.7 2.2 : 1.16
Oct 13 436,003 1.0 6.6 : 507,464 1.2 2.0 : 1.16
Sep 13 431,815 0.6 4.2 : 501,497 0.6 1.2 : 1.16
Aug 13 429,185 0.6 5.7 : 498,693 0.8 2.0 : 1.16
Jul 13 426,456 0.0 5.7 : 494,889 0.1 1.2 : 1.16
Jun 13 426,611 0.3 5.8 : 494,382 0.1 1.8 : 1.16
May 13 425,215 1.8 4.2 : 493,895 -0.7 1.9 : 1.16
Apr 13 417,572 0.3 1.1 : 497,306 0.3 3.0 : 1.19
Mar 13 416,201 -1.3 1.6 : 495,844 -1.1 3.2 : 1.19
Feb 13 421,615 1.3 3.5 : 501,211 -0.3 4.7 : 1.19
Jan 13 416,266 -0.4 3.2 : 502,887 0.9 6.2 : 1.21
Dec 12 418,133 0.2 3.5 : 498,206 -0.3 5.6 : 1.19
Nov 12 417,169 2.0 5.0 : 499,785 0.5 7.1 : 1.20
Oct 12 408,958 -1.3 2.4 : 497,475 0.4 6.6 : 1.22
Sep 12 414,234 2.1 4.5 : 495,453 1.4 7.8 : 1.20
Aug 12 405,897 0.6 2.2 : 488,787 -0.1 5.6 : 1.20
Jul 12 403,285 0.0 2.9 : 489,121 0.7 6.1 : 1.21
Jun 12 403,238 -1.2 3.2 : 485,605 0.2 6.1 : 1.20
May 12 408,031 -1.2 5.3 : 484,865 0.4 6.6 : 1.19
Apr 12 412,940 0.9 6.3 : 482,838 0.5 8.1 : 1.17
Mar 12 409,458 0.5 6.1 : 480,584 0.4 8.4 : 1.17
Feb 12 407,542 1.1 8.8 : 478,904 1.1 9.3 : 1.18
Jan 12 403,268 -0.2 7.0 : 473,570 0.4 9.1 : 1.17
Dec 11 403,969 1.7 11.0 : 471,884 1.2 9.9 : 1.17
Nov 11 397,164 -0.5 10.0 : 466,509 0.0 10.2 : 1.17
Oct 11 399,229 0.7 12.6 : 466,544 1.5 10.7 : 1.17
Sep 11 396,544 -0.1 14.5 : 459,782 -0.7 11.5 : 1.16
Aug 11 397,050 1.3 15.3 : 462,975 0.5 14.0 : 1.17
Jul 11 391,887 0.3 14.4 : 460,836 0.7 14.8 : 1.18
Jun 11 390,895 0.9 15.4 : 457,671 0.6 15.5 : 1.17
May 11 387,450 -0.3 13.9 : 454,999 1.9 14.9 : 1.17
Apr 11 388,422 0.6 13.8 : 446,698 0.7 13.2 : 1.15
Mar 11 385,965 3.1 14.8 : 443,400 1.2 12.7 : 1.15
Feb 11 374,427 -0.6 12.9 : 437,988 0.9 11.9 : 1.17
Jan 11 376,856 3.6 15.1 : 434,085 1.1 11.1 : 1.15
Dec 10 363,906 0.8 12.0 : 429,260 1.4 10.1 : 1.18
Nov 10 361,015 1.8 11.5 : 423,206 0.4 8.0 : 1.17
Oct 10 354,528 2.4 12.7 : 421,311 2.2 9.1 : 1.19
Sep 10 346,293 0.5 11.1 : 412,226 1.5 7.1 : 1.19
Aug 10 344,468 0.6 11.2 : 406,020 1.2 4.3 : 1.18
Jul 10 342,513 1.1 11.6 : 401,395 1.3 1.7 : 1.17
Jun 10 338,780 -0.4 11.7 : 396,106 0.1 -1.1 : 1.17
May 10 340,153 -0.4 13.3 : 395,833 0.3 -3.0 : 1.16
Apr 10 341,364 1.6 14.7 : 394,596 0.3 -4.5 : 1.16
Mar 10 336,103 1.3 13.6 : 393,490 0.5 -6.2 : 1.17
Feb 10 331,658 1.3 8.0 : 391,435 0.2 -8.6 : 1.18
Jan 10 327,364 0.7 7.8 : 390,649 0.2 -10.6 : 1.19
Dec 09 324,983 0.4 3.6 : 389,908 -0.5 -11.8 : 1.20
Nov 09 323,648 2.9 -0.9 : 391,806 1.4 -12.4 : 1.21
Oct 09 314,528 0.9 -11.6 : 386,270 0.4 -14.3 : 1.23
Sep 09 311,756 0.6 -16.6 : 384,913 -1.2 -15.9 : 1.23
Aug 09 309,842 1.0 -19.3 : 389,443 -1.3 -15.2 : 1.26
Jul 09 306,855 1.2 -21.5 : 394,516 -1.5 -13.4 : 1.29
Jun 09 303,299 1.0 -23.1 : 400,549 -1.8 -10.9 : 1.32
May 09 300,286 0.9 -22.1 : 407,902 -1.3 -8.2 : 1.36
Apr 09 297,636 0.6 -21.5 : 413,387 -1.4 -6.4 : 1.39
Mar 09 295,975 -3.6 -20.3 : 419,310 -2.1 -3.6 : 1.42
Feb 09 307,019 1.1 -16.6 : 428,205 -2.0 -1.4 : 1.39
Jan 09 303,793 -3.1 -17.8 : 437,149 -1.2 1.6 : 1.44
Dec 08 313,546 -4.0 -13.3 : 442,249 -1.1 4.1 : 1.41
Nov 08 326,711 -8.2 -10.3 : 447,351 -0.7 6.6 : 1.37
Oct 08 355,947 -4.7 -0.2 : 450,644 -1.5 8.7 : 1.27
Sep 08 373,618 -2.7 5.9 : 457,554 -0.4 10.6 : 1.22
Aug 08 384,078 -1.8 10.1 : 459,241 0.8 12.0 : 1.20
Jul 08 391,100 -0.9 13.2 : 455,627 1.4 11.4 : 1.16
Jun 08 394,556 2.4 13.6 : 449,433 1.2 10.1 : 1.14
May 08 385,407 1.6 11.1 : 444,309 0.6 9.2 : 1.15
Apr 08 379,319 2.1 10.3 : 441,809 1.6 9.0 : 1.16
Mar 08 371,594 0.9 9.7 : 434,969 0.2 7.7 : 1.17
Feb 08 368,136 -0.4 9.7 : 434,215 0.9 8.1 : 1.18
Jan 08 369,644 2.2 12.0 : 430,273 1.3 7.6 : 1.16
Dec 07 361,519 -0.8 7.9 : 424,806 1.3 6.6 : 1.18
Nov 07 364,262 2.1 11.1 : 419,487 1.2 4.9 : 1.15
Oct 07 356,648 1.0 9.2 : 414,432 0.2 4.7 : 1.16
Sep 07 352,967 1.2 7.7 : 413,626 0.9 5.0 : 1.17
Aug 07 348,707 1.0 4.7 : 410,075 0.3 4.6 : 1.18
Jul 07 345,418 -0.6 4.8 : 408,913 0.2 5.4 : 1.18
Jun 07 347,414 0.1 5.9 : 408,149 0.3 6.2 : 1.17
May 07 346,959 0.9 6.6 : 406,839 0.4 6.6 : 1.17
Apr 07 343,991 1.5 7.0 : 405,167 0.3 7.0 : 1.18
Mar 07 338,798 1.0 6.2 : 404,030 0.6 8.1 : 1.19
Feb 07 335,471 1.7 5.3 : 401,501 0.4 7.9 : 1.20
Jan 07 329,987 -1.5 4.2 : 399,804 0.3 8.4 : 1.21
Dec 06 335,134 2.2 6.4 : 398,586 -0.4 8.5 : 1.19
Nov 06 328,013 0.4 5.7 : 400,071 1.1 10.2 : 1.22
Oct 06 326,709 -0.3 3.6 : 395,640 0.4 9.6 : 1.21
Sep 06 327,723 -1.6 5.8 : 394,000 0.5 10.0 : 1.20
Aug 06 332,917 1.0 9.5 : 392,016 1.0 9.9 : 1.18
Jul 06 329,717 0.5 10.0 : 387,989 0.9 9.2 : 1.18
Jun 06 328,017 0.8 10.7 : 384,416 0.7 8.7 : 1.17
May 06 325,459 1.2 10.3 : 381,793 0.8 8.5 : 1.17
Apr 06 321,464 0.7 8.4 : 378,770 1.3 7.8 : 1.18
Mar 06 319,163 0.1 9.3 : 373,919 0.5 7.4 : 1.17
Feb 06 318,690 0.6 8.8 : 372,097 0.9 7.5 : 1.17
Jan 06 316,739 0.5 8.6 : 368,665 0.3 7.1 : 1.16
Dec 05 315,032 1.5 8.8 : 367,505 1.2 8.3 : 1.17
Nov 05 310,371 -1.6 8.6 : 362,999 0.6 7.2 : 1.17
Oct 05 315,389 1.8 11.6 : 360,948 0.8 7.9 : 1.14
Sep 05 309,784 1.9 11.1 : 358,047 0.4 8.7 : 1.16
Aug 05 303,990 1.5 9.2 : 356,777 0.4 8.3 : 1.17
Jul 05 299,635 1.1 8.9 : 355,230 0.4 8.9 : 1.19
Jun 05 296,279 0.4 8.3 : 353,752 0.5 10.4 : 1.19
May 05 295,000 -0.5 7.9 : 351,931 0.2 10.7 : 1.19
Apr 05 296,513 1.6 9.1 : 351,348 0.9 11.8 : 1.18
Mar 05 291,876 -0.4 7.5 : 348,097 0.6 10.8 : 1.19
Feb 05 293,021 0.4 11.2 : 346,133 0.5 10.9 : 1.18
Jan 05 291,752 0.7 13.3 : 344,279 1.4 11.7 : 1.18
Dec 04 289,586 1.3 12.7 : 339,431 0.3 10.2 : 1.17
Nov 04 285,806 1.1 12.3 : 338,535 1.2 10.7 : 1.18
Oct 04 282,621 1.3 11.8 : 334,456 1.5 9.7 : 1.18
Sep 04 278,947 0.2 12.2 : 329,394 0.0 9.1 : 1.18
Aug 04 278,431 1.2 12.7 : 329,507 1.0 9.4 : 1.18
Jul 04 275,096 0.6 11.2 : 326,209 1.8 8.1 : 1.19
Jun 04 273,579 0.0 11.7 : 320,545 0.8 6.3 : 1.17
May 04 273,504 0.6 13.4 : 317,966 1.2 5.1 : 1.16
Apr 04 271,817 0.1 12.3 : 314,326 0.0 3.4 : 1.16
Mar 04 271,529 3.1 9.9 : 314,206 0.7 3.6 : 1.16
Feb 04 263,485 2.3 7.8 : 312,171 1.2 3.3 : 1.18
Jan 04 257,446 0.2 5.5 : 308,327 0.1 2.4 : 1.20
Dec 03 256,887 0.9 7.3 : 308,055 0.7 2.2 : 1.20
Nov 03 254,517 0.7 5.0 : 305,932 0.3 2.4 : 1.20
Oct 03 252,698 1.6 5.7 : 304,889 0.9 2.2 : 1.21
Sep 03 248,629 0.6 3.6 : 302,038 0.3 1.1 : 1.21
Aug 03 247,101 -0.1 2.8 : 301,120 -0.2 1.2 : 1.22
Jul 03 247,388 1.0 4.0 : 301,757 0.0 1.7 : 1.22
Jun 03 244,952 1.6 3.3 : 301,621 -0.3 2.4 : 1.23
May 03 241,132 -0.4 2.5 : 302,459 -0.5 3.0 : 1.25
Apr 03 242,074 -2.0 3.4 : 304,045 0.2 3.7 : 1.26
Mar 03 246,964 1.0 7.4 : 303,300 0.3 3.1 : 1.23
Feb 03 244,463 0.2 6.1 : 302,274 0.4 2.8 : 1.24
Jan 03 244,049 1.9 6.7 : 301,213 -0.1 1.5 : 1.23
Dec 02 239,491 -1.2 5.4 : 301,436 0.9 1.3 : 1.26
Nov 02 242,366 1.4 6.4 : 298,739 0.1 -0.3 : 1.23
Oct 02 239,050 -0.4 5.1 : 298,458 -0.1 -1.5 : 1.25
Sep 02 240,083 -0.1 3.6 : 298,864 0.4 -1.9 : 1.24
Aug 02 240,309 1.0 3.5 : 297,634 0.3 -2.6 : 1.24
Jul 02 237,860 0.3 2.8 : 296,838 0.8 -3.1 : 1.25
Jun 02 237,063 0.8 3.1 : 294,528 0.3 -4.8 : 1.24
May 02 235,233 0.5 0.4 : 293,535 0.1 -5.8 : 1.25
Apr 02 234,096 1.8 0.3 : 293,195 -0.4 -5.6 : 1.25
Mar 02 229,903 -0.2 -1.7 : 294,266 0.0 -4.8 : 1.28
Feb 02 230,343 0.7 -3.1 : 294,160 -0.9 -4.8 : 1.28
Jan 02 228,645 0.6 -4.3 : 296,700 -0.3 -3.9 : 1.30
Dec 01 227,254 -0.2 -5.2 : 297,588 -0.6 -3.7 : 1.31
Nov 01 227,789 0.1 -4.0 : 299,506 -1.2 -3.1 : 1.31
Oct 01 227,529 -1.9 -4.6 : 303,003 -0.6 -1.4 : 1.33
Sep 01 231,851 -0.1 -2.4 : 304,749 -0.3 -0.1 : 1.31
Aug 01 232,103 0.3 -1.4 : 305,532 -0.3 0.2 : 1.32
Jul 01 231,369 0.6 -1.8 : 306,301 -1.0 0.8 : 1.32
Jun 01 229,909 -1.9 -2.7 : 309,263 -0.8 2.1 : 1.35
May 01 234,265 0.4 0.4 : 311,704 0.4 3.5 : 1.33
Apr 01 233,382 -0.2 0.1 : 310,538 0.5 3.7 : 1.33
Mar 01 233,834 -1.6 0.9 : 309,094 0.0 4.2 : 1.32
Feb 01 237,676 -0.5 3.9 : 309,097 0.1 5.0 : 1.30
Jan 01 238,932 -0.3 3.9 : 308,803 -0.1 5.5 : 1.29
Dec 00 239,661 1.1 5.3 : 309,071 0.0 6.5 : 1.29
Nov 00 237,369 -0.5 4.9 : 309,211 0.6 7.0 : 1.30
Oct 00 238,512 0.3 6.6 : 307,247 0.7 7.7 : 1.29
Sep 00 237,507 0.9 7.6 : 305,162 0.1 8.1 : 1.28
Aug 00 235,280 0.1 7.6 : 304,999 0.4 8.7 : 1.30
Jul 00 235,604 -0.5 8.2 : 303,801 0.3 8.6 : 1.29
Jun 00 236,375 1.3 9.2 : 302,978 0.6 9.5 : 1.28
May 00 233,359 0.1 8.6 : 301,085 0.6 8.9 : 1.29
Apr 00 233,248 0.6 10.9 : 299,404 0.9 8.4 : 1.28
Mar 00 231,698 1.2 10.7 : 296,626 0.7 7.5 : 1.28
Feb 00 228,769 -0.3 10.7 : 294,455 0.6 7.1 : 1.29
Jan 00 230,048 0.8 12.5 : 292,811 0.9 7.3 : 1.27
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