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Release for: February 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
yr-ago
Kind of business Feb-18 Jan-18 Dec-17 Feb-17
Sales, total 495873 490894 498152 464364
Durable goods sales 240488 236418 239308 221538
Automotive 41712 41139 41000 37621
Furniture 6979 6679 6910 6929
Lumber 11841 11802 11933 11501
Professional equipt. 41759 41912 41301 39927
Computer equipt. 20410 20265 19682 18855
Metals 15474 14826 14646 13137
Electrical goods 51924 51447 53102 47712
Hardware 12120 11968 12076 11274
Machinery 38083 36657 37748 34001
Misc. durable goods 20596 19988 20592 19436
Nondurable goods sales 255385 254476 258844 242826
Paper & paper products 8123 7981 8000 7963
Drugs 56735 58125 57920 55074
Apparel 13114 12494 13230 12784
Groceries 53540 52921 53788 52647
Farm-products 17153 16604 17397 17557
Chemicals 11129 10908 11082 10336
Petroleum, products 61658 61855 62838 52466
Alcohol 11957 11673 12151 12011
Misc. nondurable goods 21976 21915 22438 21988
Inventories, total 625577 619607 613936 593101
Durable goods stocks 380901 376862 376044 359103
Automotive 70355 70437 70474 66392
Furniture 11880 11710 11575 11353
Lumber 17333 17088 17111 16195
Professional equipt. 42933 42222 42626 42765
Computer equipt. 16791 16333 16679 16815
Metals 29893 29695 29393 26280
Electrical goods 52989 52295 51842 47382
Hardware 24190 24024 23783 23005
Machinery 103589 102061 101813 98872
Misc. durable goods 27739 27330 27427 26859
Nondurable goods sto 244676 242745 237892 233998
Paper & paper products 8781 8752 8862 8318
Drugs 63526 63367 60725 58849
Apparel 26401 26238 26007 26401
Groceries 35965 35600 35691 35865
Farm-products 29643 28037 26806 24997
Chemicals 12199 12168 12297 11629
Petroleum, products 21470 22296 21586 23644
Alcohol 15759 15882 15742 15662
Misc. nondurable goods 30932 30405 30176 28633
Stock/sales ratios, total 1.26 1.26 1.23 1.28
Durable goods stock/sales 1.58 1.59 1.57 1.62
Automotive 1.69 1.71 1.72 1.76
Furniture 1.70 1.75 1.68 1.64
Lumber 1.46 1.45 1.43 1.41
Professional equipt. 1.03 1.01 1.03 1.07
Computer equipt. 0.82 0.81 0.85 0.89
Metals 1.93 2.00 2.01 2.00
Electrical goods 1.02 1.02 0.98 0.99
Hardware 2.00 2.01 1.97 2.04
Machinery 2.72 2.78 2.70 2.91
Misc. durable goods 1.35 1.37 1.33 1.38
Nondurable stock/sales 0.96 0.95 0.92 0.96
Paper & paper products 1.08 1.10 1.11 1.04
Drugs 1.12 1.09 1.05 1.07
Apparel 2.01 2.10 1.97 2.07
Groceries 0.67 0.67 0.66 0.68
Farm-products 1.73 1.69 1.54 1.42
Chemicals 1.10 1.12 1.11 1.13
Petroleum, products 0.35 0.36 0.34 0.45
Alcohol 1.32 1.36 1.30 1.30
Misc. nondurable goods 1.41 1.39 1.34 1.30
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