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Release for: September 2018
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
Millions of U.S. dollars, seasonally adjusted
yr-ago
Kind of business Sep-18 Aug-18 Jul-18 Sep-17
Sales, total 511169 510369 506874 474091
Durable goods sales 246686 246611 243906 228611
Automotive 41276 41526 41338 39684
Furniture 7149 7167 7084 6859
Lumber 11865 12152 12279 11762
Professional equipt. 42353 42781 41620 40684
Computer equipt. 21592 22539 21486 21275
Metals 16128 16275 15990 13874
Electrical goods 53766 53841 52565 49686
Hardware 12225 11977 12305 11519
Machinery 41018 40613 40112 35123
Misc. durable goods 20906 20279 20613 19420
Nondurable goods sales 264483 263758 262968 245480
Paper & paper products 8290 8259 8297 7938
Drugs 59901 59337 59187 56204
Apparel 12009 12286 12095 12853
Groceries 52778 53352 53200 53430
Farm-products 18136 19318 19999 17474
Chemicals 11281 11096 11278 10279
Petroleum, products 66346 64779 63936 53304
Alcohol 13237 13075 13095 12123
Misc. nondurable goods 22505 22256 21881 21875
Inventories, total 644556 642214 636339 612650
Durable goods stocks 393371 390089 386336 368196
Automotive 66234 65292 63094 64552
Furniture 12968 12946 12965 12695
Lumber 17790 17761 17715 15848
Professional equipt. 46273 45871 45636 44372
Computer equipt. 17644 17317 16916 16083
Metals 33590 33296 33182 28090
Electrical goods 56088 55568 55692 53894
Hardware 25200 25003 24717 23366
Machinery 103472 102772 102167 94836
Misc. durable goods 31756 31580 31168 30543
Nondurable goods sto 251185 252125 250003 244454
Paper & paper products 10263 10289 10269 9514
Drugs 63262 64354 63095 62828
Apparel 26217 26007 25993 26781
Groceries 37436 37391 37577 38395
Farm-products 25944 26965 26510 22852
Chemicals 13011 13021 12751 12088
Petroleum, products 25523 24315 23779 22575
Alcohol 17022 16864 16741 16636
Misc. nondurable goods 32507 32919 33288 32785
Stock/sales ratios, total 1.26 1.26 1.26 1.29
Durable goods stock/sales 1.59 1.58 1.58 1.61
Automotive 1.60 1.57 1.53 1.63
Furniture 1.81 1.81 1.83 1.85
Lumber 1.50 1.46 1.44 1.35
Professional equipt. 1.09 1.07 1.10 1.09
Computer equipt. 0.82 0.77 0.79 0.76
Metals 2.08 2.05 2.08 2.02
Electrical goods 1.04 1.03 1.06 1.08
Hardware 2.06 2.09 2.01 2.03
Machinery 2.52 2.53 2.55 2.70
Misc. durable goods 1.52 1.56 1.51 1.57
Nondurable stock/sales 0.95 0.96 0.95 1.00
Paper & paper products 1.24 1.25 1.24 1.20
Drugs 1.06 1.08 1.07 1.12
Apparel 2.18 2.12 2.15 2.08
Groceries 0.71 0.70 0.71 0.72
Farm-products 1.43 1.40 1.33 1.31
Chemicals 1.15 1.17 1.13 1.18
Petroleum, products 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.42
Alcohol 1.29 1.29 1.28 1.37
Misc. nondurable goods 1.44 1.48 1.52 1.50
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