Seasonally adjusted inventories and sales in millions of dollars.
R denotes revision. Source: U.S. Commerce Department.
-TOTAL INVENTORIES- -BUSINESS SALES- -INVTY/
Mo Ago Yr Ago Mo Ago Yr Ago SALES-
Level % chg % chg : Level % chg % chg : Ratio
Nov 14 1,763,579 0.2 4.4 : 1,345,753 -0.2 2.2 : 1.31
Oct 14 1,760,280 0.2 4.8 : 1,348,261 -0.3 3.2 : 1.31
Sep 14 1,756,568 0.3 5.3 : 1,352,178 0.0 4.1 : 1.30
Aug 14 1,751,592 0.1 5.6 : 1,352,493 -0.5 4.4 : 1.30
Jul 14 1,749,329 0.4 5.9 : 1,359,121 0.7 5.2 : 1.29
Jun 14 1,742,777 0.4 5.8 : 1,349,568 0.6 5.0 : 1.29
May 14 1,736,658 0.5 5.6 : 1,342,157 0.3 4.5 : 1.29
Apr 14 1,728,499 0.7 4.4 : 1,338,259 1.0 5.4 : 1.29
Mar 14 1,717,206 0.4 4.7 : 1,325,661 1.0 4.3 : 1.30
Feb 14 1,710,914 0.1 3.9 : 1,312,308 0.8 1.8 : 1.30
Jan 14 1,708,904 0.0 3.5 : 1,301,485 -1.0 2.4 : 1.31
Dec 13 1,708,570 1.2 4.4 : 1,315,272 -0.1 3.6 : 1.30
Nov 13 1,688,856 0.5 3.3 : 1,316,991 0.8 3.9 : 1.28
Oct 13 1,680,150 0.7 2.9 : 1,306,020 0.5 3.8 : 1.29
Sep 13 1,668,488 0.6 2.5 : 1,299,361 0.3 2.8 : 1.28
Aug 13 1,658,324 0.4 3.5 : 1,295,426 0.2 3.9 : 1.28
Jul 13 1,652,144 0.3 2.6 : 1,292,409 0.5 4.5 : 1.28
Jun 13 1,647,452 0.1 3.0 : 1,285,692 0.1 4.9 : 1.28
May 13 1,645,057 -0.6 3.1 : 1,284,465 1.2 3.2 : 1.28
Apr 13 1,655,626 0.9 4.1 : 1,269,586 -0.1 1.6 : 1.30
Mar 13 1,640,190 -0.4 4.5 : 1,270,744 -1.4 1.9 : 1.29
Feb 13 1,646,947 -0.3 5.3 : 1,288,698 1.3 3.5 : 1.28
Jan 13 1,651,208 0.9 6.2 : 1,271,555 0.1 3.1 : 1.30
Dec 12 1,636,003 0.1 5.9 : 1,269,679 0.1 3.3 : 1.29
Nov 12 1,634,563 0.1 6.3 : 1,267,892 0.7 4.0 : 1.29
Oct 12 1,632,351 0.2 6.6 : 1,258,643 -0.4 3.1 : 1.30
Sep 12 1,628,423 1.6 7.2 : 1,263,646 1.3 4.4 : 1.29
Aug 12 1,602,311 -0.5 5.4 : 1,246,838 0.8 3.1 : 1.29
Jul 12 1,610,888 0.7 6.6 : 1,237,004 0.9 2.5 : 1.30
Jun 12 1,599,119 0.2 6.2 : 1,226,120 -1.5 2.7 : 1.30
May 12 1,595,863 0.3 6.4 : 1,245,150 -0.3 5.1 : 1.28
Apr 12 1,590,943 1.3 7.1 : 1,249,278 0.2 5.4 : 1.27
Mar 12 1,569,996 0.3 5.9 : 1,246,969 0.1 6.3 : 1.26
Feb 12 1,564,777 0.6 6.7 : 1,245,216 1.0 8.3 : 1.26
Jan 12 1,555,119 0.7 6.7 : 1,233,143 0.3 6.8 : 1.26
Dec 11 1,544,736 0.5 7.1 : 1,229,448 0.9 8.8 : 1.26
Nov 11 1,537,633 0.4 7.7 : 1,218,633 -0.1 9.4 : 1.26
Oct 11 1,531,731 0.9 7.7 : 1,220,243 0.8 11.1 : 1.26
Sep 11 1,518,404 -0.2 8.0 : 1,210,232 0.1 11.7 : 1.25
Aug 11 1,520,705 0.7 9.4 : 1,209,034 0.2 12.5 : 1.26
Jul 11 1,510,743 0.4 9.5 : 1,206,331 1.1 12.8 : 1.25
Jun 11 1,505,090 0.4 10.1 : 1,193,625 0.8 12.9 : 1.26
May 11 1,499,819 1.0 10.4 : 1,184,326 -0.1 11.5 : 1.27
Apr 11 1,485,294 0.2 9.7 : 1,185,110 1.1 11.0 : 1.25
Mar 11 1,482,353 1.1 10.0 : 1,172,779 2.0 10.8 : 1.26
Feb 11 1,466,627 0.6 9.5 : 1,149,330 -0.4 10.9 : 1.28
Jan 11 1,457,925 1.1 9.5 : 1,154,123 2.1 11.7 : 1.26
Dec 10 1,442,548 1.0 -0.3 : 1,129,955 1.4 9.8 : 1.28
Nov 10 1,428,094 0.4 0.1 : 1,113,873 1.4 9.3 : 1.28
Oct 10 1,421,984 1.2 1.1 : 1,098,722 1.4 9.9 : 1.29
Sep 10 1,405,404 1.1 1.1 : 1,083,695 0.8 9.3 : 1.30
Aug 10 1,390,434 0.8 1.2 : 1,074,608 0.5 8.5 : 1.29
Jul 10 1,379,763 1.0 1.6 : 1,069,471 1.2 9.4 : 1.29
Jun 10 1,366,666 0.6 1.7 : 1,056,919 -0.5 9.0 : 1.29
May 10 1,358,329 0.3 2.7 : 1,061,723 -0.6 11.2 : 1.28
Apr 10 1,353,757 0.5 2.8 : 1,067,887 0.9 12.3 : 1.27
Mar 10 1,347,309 0.6 1.7 : 1,058,286 2.1 11.1 : 1.27
Feb 10 1,339,482 0.6 0.6 : 1,036,520 0.3 6.1 : 1.29
Jan 10 1,330,844 -8.1 0.1 : 1,033,676 0.5 6.2 : 1.29
Dec 09 1,447,455 1.5 -1.2 : 1,028,836 0.9 3.7 : 1.41
Nov 09 1,425,957 1.3 -4.7 : 1,019,349 1.9 -1.2 : 1.40
Oct 09 1,407,032 1.2 -7.3 : 1,000,128 0.9 -9.5 : 1.41
Sep 09 1,390,388 1.2 -9.2 : 991,363 0.1 -14.3 : 1.40
Aug 09 1,373,902 1.2 -10.8 : 990,533 1.3 -16.5 : 1.39
Jul 09 1,357,372 1.0 -12.0 : 977,486 0.8 -19.5 : 1.39
Jun 09 1,343,611 1.6 -12.1 : 969,866 1.5 -20.3 : 1.39
May 09 1,323,040 0.5 -12.9 : 955,204 0.5 -20.4 : 1.39
Apr 09 1,316,899 -0.6 -13.1 : 950,880 -0.2 -20.3 : 1.38
Mar 09 1,324,587 -0.5 -12.1 : 952,725 -2.5 -18.7 : 1.39
Feb 09 1,330,861 0.1 -11.6 : 977,044 0.3 -16.1 : 1.36
Jan 09 1,328,900 -9.3 -11.3 : 973,740 -1.9 -17.2 : 1.36
Dec 08 1,465,304 -2.1 -1.2 : 992,602 -3.8 -14.6 : 1.48
Nov 08 1,496,011 -1.4 1.6 : 1,032,080 -6.6 -11.7 : 1.45
Oct 08 1,517,914 -0.9 3.7 : 1,104,975 -4.5 -3.5 : 1.37
Sep 08 1,530,977 -0.6 4.9 : 1,156,885 -2.5 1.7 : 1.32
Aug 08 1,540,594 -0.1 6.1 : 1,186,270 -2.3 5.3 : 1.30
Jul 08 1,542,246 0.9 6.5 : 1,213,802 -0.2 8.1 : 1.27
Jun 08 1,529,208 0.7 5.8 : 1,216,409 1.4 8.4 : 1.26
May 08 1,518,390 0.2 5.6 : 1,200,105 0.6 6.5 : 1.27
Apr 08 1,515,653 0.6 6.1 : 1,192,817 1.8 7.2 : 1.27
Mar 08 1,506,140 0.1 6.1 : 1,171,500 0.6 5.8 : 1.29
Feb 08 1,505,044 0.4 6.2 : 1,164,658 -1.0 6.7 : 1.29
Jan 08 1,498,628 1.0 6.2 : 1,176,387 1.2 9.2 : 1.27
Dec 07 1,483,244 0.8 5.4 : 1,162,615 -0.5 6.3 : 1.28
Nov 07 1,472,040 0.5 4.7 : 1,168,809 2.0 9.5 : 1.26
Oct 07 1,464,040 0.3 4.5 : 1,145,399 0.7 8.1 : 1.28
Sep 07 1,459,532 0.5 4.5 : 1,137,042 0.9 6.8 : 1.28
Aug 07 1,451,944 0.2 4.3 : 1,126,848 0.3 4.1 : 1.29
Jul 07 1,448,525 0.2 4.7 : 1,123,017 0.1 4.9 : 1.29
Jun 07 1,445,068 0.5 5.0 : 1,121,896 -0.4 4.5 : 1.29
May 07 1,438,116 0.7 5.4 : 1,126,904 1.2 5.3 : 1.28
Apr 07 1,428,091 0.6 5.8 : 1,113,032 0.5 5.1 : 1.28
Mar 07 1,420,102 0.2 6.0 : 1,107,000 1.4 4.4 : 1.28
Feb 07 1,417,662 0.4 6.8 : 1,091,977 1.4 3.6 : 1.30
Jan 07 1,411,413 0.3 6.7 : 1,077,344 -1.5 1.9 : 1.31
Dec 06 1,406,860 0.1 7.1 : 1,093,379 2.4 4.6 : 1.29
Nov 06 1,405,402 0.3 8.1 : 1,067,656 0.7 3.4 : 1.32
Oct 06 1,400,728 0.3 8.5 : 1,059,723 -0.4 2.7 : 1.32
Sep 06 1,397,120 0.4 8.9 : 1,064,280 -1.7 3.8 : 1.31
Aug 06 1,392,230 0.6 9.1 : 1,082,138 1.1 6.9 : 1.29
Jul 06 1,383,395 0.5 8.8 : 1,070,834 -0.3 6.8 : 1.29
Jun 06 1,376,347 0.9 7.8 : 1,073,643 0.3 7.6 : 1.28
May 06 1,364,332 1.1 6.8 : 1,070,630 1.1 8.5 : 1.27
Apr 06 1,349,242 0.7 5.8 : 1,058,956 -0.2 6.6 : 1.27
Mar 06 1,340,313 1.0 5.5 : 1,060,668 0.6 8.3 : 1.26
Feb 06 1,326,859 0.3 5.1 : 1,053,850 -0.3 8.0 : 1.26
Jan 06 1,323,196 0.7 5.6 : 1,056,905 1.1 8.6 : 1.25
Dec 05 1,313,706 1.0 5.8 : 1,045,364 1.3 8.2 : 1.26
Nov 05 1,300,652 0.7 5.0 : 1,032,330 0.0 8.0 : 1.26
Oct 05 1,291,483 0.6 5.3 : 1,032,296 0.6 9.0 : 1.25
Sep 05 1,283,279 0.6 5.3 : 1,025,680 1.3 9.5 : 1.25
Aug 05 1,275,600 0.3 4.7 : 1,012,022 0.9 8.9 : 1.26
Jul 05 1,271,988 -0.3 5.3 : 1,003,028 0.5 9.1 : 1.27
Jun 05 1,276,292 0.0 6.8 : 998,177 1.1 9.1 : 1.28
May 05 1,276,898 0.1 7.8 : 987,046 -0.6 7.8 : 1.29
Apr 05 1,275,753 0.5 8.4 : 993,229 1.4 9.6 : 1.28
Mar 05 1,269,908 0.6 8.6 : 979,218 0.3 7.2 : 1.30
Feb 05 1,262,391 0.7 8.8 : 976,177 0.3 10.3 : 1.29
Jan 05 1,253,345 0.9 9.0 : 972,871 0.7 10.9 : 1.29
Dec 04 1,242,087 0.2 8.1 : 966,344 1.1 10.3 : 1.29
Nov 04 1,239,273 1.1 8.1 : 956,135 0.9 9.4 : 1.30
Oct 04 1,225,977 0.6 7.2 : 947,315 1.2 9.1 : 1.29
Sep 04 1,218,484 0.0 7.1 : 936,512 0.8 8.1 : 1.30
Aug 04 1,218,268 0.8 7.5 : 929,379 1.1 8.3 : 1.31
Jul 04 1,208,160 1.1 5.9 : 919,221 0.5 7.1 : 1.31
Jun 04 1,195,575 1.0 4.7 : 914,900 -0.1 7.8 : 1.31
May 04 1,184,184 0.6 3.3 : 915,749 1.0 9.4 : 1.29
Apr 04 1,176,978 0.7 2.2 : 906,512 -0.8 8.5 : 1.30
Mar 04 1,168,830 0.8 1.6 : 913,414 3.2 7.2 : 1.28
Feb 04 1,159,805 0.9 0.9 : 884,955 0.9 5.2 : 1.31
Jan 04 1,149,771 0.1 0.8 : 876,884 0.1 4.3 : 1.31
Dec 03 1,148,886 0.2 0.7 : 876,199 0.3 5.5 : 1.31
Nov 03 1,146,144 0.2 1.1 : 874,010 0.7 4.5 : 1.31
Oct 03 1,144,168 0.5 1.1 : 868,324 0.3 4.4 : 1.32
Sep 03 1,138,214 0.4 0.7 : 866,141 0.9 4.0 : 1.31
Aug 03 1,133,790 -0.6 1.1 : 858,182 0.0 2.7 : 1.32
Jul 03 1,140,784 -0.1 1.8 : 857,998 1.1 3.8 : 1.33
Jun 03 1,142,395 -0.3 2.6 : 848,498 1.3 2.8 : 1.35
May 03 1,145,922 -0.5 3.1 : 837,401 0.3 1.9 : 1.37
Apr 03 1,151,415 0.1 3.9 : 835,136 -2.0 1.6 : 1.38
Mar 03 1,150,080 0.0 3.7 : 852,431 1.4 5.4 : 1.35
Feb 03 1,149,679 0.8 3.3 : 840,904 0.0 4.0 : 1.37
Jan 03 1,141,043 0.0 2.0 : 840,932 1.3 4.3 : 1.36
Dec 02 1,140,578 0.6 1.8 : 830,442 -0.7 2.9 : 1.37
Nov 02 1,133,466 0.1 0.5 : 836,427 0.6 3.5 : 1.36
Oct 02 1,132,221 0.2 -0.7 : 831,727 -0.1 1.8 : 1.36
Sep 02 1,129,981 0.7 -2.5 : 832,613 -0.4 3.6 : 1.36
Aug 02 1,121,913 0.1 -3.7 : 835,803 1.1 2.2 : 1.34
Jul 02 1,120,576 0.6 -3.9 : 826,823 0.2 1.7 : 1.36
Jun 02 1,113,596 0.2 -5.1 : 825,426 0.5 1.2 : 1.35
May 02 1,111,667 0.3 -6.0 : 821,531 -0.1 -0.9 : 1.35
Apr 02 1,108,238 -0.1 -6.5 : 822,352 1.6 0.5 : 1.35
Mar 02 1,109,002 -0.4 -6.5 : 809,092 0.0 -1.9 : 1.37
Feb 02 1,112,988 -0.5 -6.6 : 808,728 0.3 -3.4 : 1.38
Jan 02 1,118,880 -0.1 -6.7 : 806,090 -0.1 -3.4 : 1.39
Dec 01 1,120,103 -0.7 -6.5 : 807,134 -0.1 -4.0 : 1.39
Nov 01 1,127,612 -1.1 -5.9 : 807,914 -1.1 -3.1 : 1.40
Oct 01 1,140,536 -1.5 -4.3 : 816,936 1.6 -2.7 : 1.40
Sep 01 1,158,460 -0.5 -2.2 : 803,806 -1.7 -4.9 : 1.44
Aug 01 1,164,761 -0.1 -1.7 : 817,837 0.6 -1.5 : 1.42
Jul 01 1,166,107 -0.6 -0.9 : 812,806 -0.3 -2.6 : 1.43
Jun 01 1,173,591 -0.8 -0.1 : 815,488 -1.6 -2.9 : 1.44
May 01 1,182,742 -0.2 1.6 : 828,608 1.2 -0.2 : 1.43
Apr 01 1,185,244 -0.1 2.4 : 818,496 -0.8 -1.9 : 1.45
Mar 01 1,186,355 -0.5 3.0 : 825,150 -1.4 -0.7 : 1.44
Feb 01 1,191,806 -0.6 3.9 : 837,162 0.3 2.5 : 1.42
Jan 01 1,199,097 0.1 5.1 : 834,596 -0.8 1.0 : 1.44
Dec 00 1,197,344 -0.1 5.1 : 841,172 0.8 2.9 : 1.42
Nov 00 1,198,403 0.6 6.1 : 834,167 -0.6 2.9 : 1.44
Oct 00 1,191,539 0.6 6.7 : 839,562 -0.7 4.5 : 1.42
Sep 00 1,184,528 0.0 6.5 : 845,347 1.8 5.9 : 1.40
Aug 00 1,184,420 0.7 7.0 : 830,545 -0.5 4.3 : 1.43
Jul 00 1,176,212 0.1 6.5 : 834,671 -0.6 6.1 : 1.41
Jun 00 1,174,764 0.9 6.9 : 840,025 1.2 7.3 : 1.40
May 00 1,164,388 0.6 6.2 : 829,998 -0.5 6.3 : 1.40
Apr 00 1,157,853 0.6 5.9 : 834,139 0.4 8.4 : 1.39
Mar 00 1,151,339 0.4 5.6 : 831,172 1.7 8.4 : 1.39
Feb 00 1,147,114 0.5 5.9 : 817,026 -1.2 6.6 : 1.40
Jan 00 1,141,241 0.2 5.8 : 826,629 1.1 9.2 : 1.38
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