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 
Sep 09      320,189     0.7   -15.2  :    377,722    -0.9   -15.0  :     1.18 
Aug 09      318,069R    1.1   -17.6  :    381,146R   -1.3   -14.7  :     1.20 
Jul 09      314,709     0.6   -19.8  :    386,330    -1.6   -13.0  :     1.23 
Jun 09      312,941     0.3   -21.0  :    392,493    -2.1   -10.6  :     1.25 
May 09      312,050     0.4   -19.7  :    400,795    -1.2    -7.9  :     1.28 
Apr 09      310,742     0.0   -19.1  :    405,599    -1.3    -6.1  :     1.31 
Mar 09      310,723    -2.4   -18.2  :    411,092    -1.8    -3.6  :     1.32 
Feb 09      318,491     0.2   -14.6  :    418,539    -1.7    -1.9  :     1.31 
Jan 09      317,731    -5.4   -17.6  :    425,915    -0.3     1.4  :     1.34 
Dec 08      335,726    -3.7   -10.8  :    427,331    -1.5     3.4  :     1.27 
Nov 08      348,549    -7.3    -7.8  :    433,714    -0.9     6.0  :     1.24 
Oct 08      376,064    -0.3     2.4  :    437,724    -1.6     7.9  :     1.16 
Sep 08      377,364R   -2.3     3.9  :    444,618R   -0.5     9.8  :     1.18 
Aug 08      386,097    -1.6     8.1  :    446,873     0.7    11.4  :     1.16 
Jul 08      392,275    -1.0    11.3  :    443,913     1.1    11.3  :     1.13 
Jun 08      396,296     2.0    12.8  :    439,195     0.9    10.3  :     1.11 
May 08      388,406     1.1    11.1  :    435,311     0.7     9.8  :     1.12 
Apr 08      384,205     1.2    10.9  :    432,149     1.3     9.3  :     1.12 
Mar 08      379,712     1.8    11.2  :    426,601     0.0     8.3  :     1.12 
Feb 08      372,986    -3.2    10.9  :    426,580     1.6     8.6  :     1.14 
Jan 08      385,413     2.4    16.2  :    419,840     1.6     7.4  :     1.09 
Dec 07      376,241    -0.5    11.8  :    413,429     1.0     5.9  :     1.10 
Nov 07      378,025     2.9    14.6  :    409,334     0.9     4.4  :     1.08 
Oct 07      367,426     1.2    11.9  :    405,550     0.1     4.5  :     1.10 
Sep 07      363,137     1.7    10.2  :    405,082     1.0     4.8  :     1.12 
Aug 07      357,087     1.3     6.7  :    400,986     0.5     4.3  :     1.12 
Jul 07      352,422     0.3     6.2  :    398,870     0.2     4.9  :     1.13 
Jun 07      351,429     0.5     6.9  :    398,126     0.5     5.6  :     1.13 
May 07      349,584     0.9     7.5  :    396,332     0.2     6.0  :     1.13 
Apr 07      346,315     1.5     8.0  :    395,470     0.4     6.6  :     1.14 
Mar 07      341,337     1.5     7.5  :    393,980     0.3     7.7  :     1.15 
Feb 07      336,263     1.4     6.4  :    392,674     0.4     7.6  :     1.17 
Jan 07      331,772    -1.4     5.1  :    390,950     0.2     8.3  :     1.18 
Dec 06      336,460     2.0     7.2  :    390,350    -0.4     8.3  :     1.16 
Nov 06      329,912     0.5     6.5  :    391,901     1.0    10.1  :     1.19 
Oct 06      328,411    -0.4     4.8  :    388,030     0.4     9.4  :     1.18 
Sep 06      329,600    -1.5     7.0  :    386,479     0.6     9.6  :     1.17 
Aug 06      334,520     0.8    10.8  :    384,276     1.0     9.4  :     1.15 
Jul 06      331,827     0.9    11.6  :    380,386     0.9     8.6  :     1.15 
Jun 06      328,892     1.1    11.8  :    376,845     0.8     8.0  :     1.15 
May 06      325,259     1.4    11.2  :    373,928     0.8     7.7  :     1.15 
Apr 06      320,706     1.0     9.2  :    370,987     1.4     6.9  :     1.16 
Mar 06      317,520     0.5    10.0  :    365,951     0.3     6.5  :     1.15 
Feb 06      315,971     0.1     9.2  :    364,783     1.0     6.6  :     1.15 
Jan 06      315,811     0.6     9.2  :    361,051     0.2     6.1  :     1.14 
Dec 05      313,799     1.3     9.2  :    360,411     1.2     7.3  :     1.15 
Nov 05      309,911    -1.1     8.9  :    356,064     0.4     6.3  :     1.15 
Oct 05      313,478     1.8    11.9  :    354,809     0.6     7.1  :     1.13 
Sep 05      308,060     2.1    11.1  :    352,702     0.4     8.0  :     1.14 
Aug 05      301,819     1.5     9.0  :    351,326     0.3     7.6  :     1.16 
Jul 05      297,374     1.1     8.8  :    350,152     0.3     8.2  :     1.18 
Jun 05      294,103     0.6     8.1  :    348,981     0.5     9.7  :     1.19 
May 05      292,391    -0.4     7.5  :    347,208     0.0    10.0  :     1.19 
Apr 05      293,564     1.7     8.6  :    347,051     1.0    11.2  :     1.18 
Mar 05      288,724    -0.2     6.8  :    343,667     0.4    10.2  :     1.19 
Feb 05      289,330     0.0    10.4  :    342,174     0.6    10.3  :     1.18 
Jan 05      289,259     0.7    12.8  :    340,216     1.3    11.2  :     1.18 
Dec 04      287,343     1.0    12.1  :    335,935     0.3     9.8  :     1.17 
Nov 04      284,504     1.6    11.9  :    334,887     1.1    10.1  :     1.18 
Oct 04      280,087     1.0    11.3  :    331,221     1.4     9.2  :     1.18 
Sep 04      277,240     0.2    12.0  :    326,565     0.0     8.7  :     1.18 
Aug 04      276,774     1.2    12.5  :    326,529     0.9     9.0  :     1.18 
Jul 04      273,416     0.5    10.9  :    323,474     1.7     7.7  :     1.18 
Jun 04      272,001     0.0    11.5  :    318,196     0.8     6.0  :     1.17 
May 04      271,975     0.6    13.3  :    315,622     1.1     4.8  :     1.16 
Apr 04      270,407     0.0    12.1  :    312,209     0.1     3.1  :     1.15 
Mar 04      270,349     3.2     9.7  :    311,826     0.6     3.2  :     1.15 
Feb 04      261,964     2.2     7.4  :    310,108     1.3     2.9  :     1.18 
Jan 04      256,430     0.0     5.2  :    306,022     0.0     1.9  :     1.19 
Dec 03      256,314     0.8     6.9  :    306,032     0.6     1.7  :     1.19 
Nov 03      254,217     1.1     4.8  :    304,226     0.3     2.0  :     1.20 
Oct 03      251,552     1.6     5.2  :    303,368     0.9     1.8  :     1.21 
Sep 03      247,631     0.7     3.2  :    300,560     0.4     0.7  :     1.21 
Aug 03      245,923    -0.3     2.4  :    299,489    -0.2     0.8  :     1.22 
Jul 03      246,586     1.1     3.6  :    300,234     0.0     1.3  :     1.22 
Jun 03      243,983     1.6     2.9  :    300,235    -0.3     2.1  :     1.23 
May 03      240,142    -0.5     2.1  :    301,143    -0.5     2.7  :     1.25 
Apr 03      241,246    -2.1     3.0  :    302,790     0.2     3.4  :     1.26 
Mar 03      246,426     1.0     7.3  :    302,120     0.3     2.9  :     1.23 
Feb 03      243,925     0.1     5.9  :    301,280     0.3     2.6  :     1.24 
Jan 03      243,770     1.7     6.5  :    300,408    -0.1     1.4  :     1.23 
Dec 02      239,772    -1.1     5.5  :    300,791     0.8     1.2  :     1.25 
Nov 02      242,484     1.4     6.3  :    298,300     0.1    -0.3  :     1.23 
Oct 02      239,146    -0.4     5.1  :    297,865    -0.2    -1.6  :     1.25 
Sep 02      240,062    -0.1     3.6  :    298,435     0.4    -2.0  :     1.24 
Aug 02      240,263     1.0     3.6  :    297,214     0.3    -2.7  :     1.24 
Jul 02      237,933     0.4     2.8  :    296,430     0.8    -3.1  :     1.25 
Jun 02      236,999     0.8     3.2  :    293,980     0.3    -4.8  :     1.24 
May 02      235,123     0.4     0.3  :    293,138     0.1    -5.9  :     1.25 
Apr 02      234,152     2.0     0.5  :    292,703    -0.3    -5.6  :     1.25 
Mar 02      229,617    -0.3    -1.9  :    293,692     0.0    -4.9  :     1.28 
Feb 02      230,323     0.7    -3.1  :    293,569    -0.9    -4.9  :     1.27 
Jan 02      228,790     0.7    -4.2  :    296,295    -0.3    -4.0  :     1.30 
Dec 01      227,298    -0.3    -5.3  :    297,199    -0.7    -3.8  :     1.31 
Nov 01      228,066     0.3    -3.9  :    299,225    -1.1    -3.2  :     1.31 
Oct 01      227,455    -1.8    -4.6  :    302,633    -0.6    -1.5  :     1.33 
Sep 01      231,708    -0.1    -2.5  :    304,439    -0.3    -0.2  :     1.31 
Aug 01      231,939     0.2    -1.5  :    305,320    -0.2     0.1  :     1.32 
Jul 01      231,454     0.8    -1.6  :    305,929    -0.9     0.7  :     1.32 
Jun 01      229,690    -2.0    -2.8  :    308,753    -0.8     1.9  :     1.34 
May 01      234,454     0.6     0.5  :    311,396     0.4     3.4  :     1.33 
Apr 01      232,945    -0.5     0.0  :    310,140     0.5     3.6  :     1.33 
Mar 01      234,060    -1.5     1.0  :    308,691     0.0     4.1  :     1.32 
Feb 01      237,588    -0.6     3.8  :    308,623     0.0     4.8  :     1.30 
Jan 01      238,925    -0.4     4.0  :    308,651    -0.1     5.4  :     1.29 
Dec 00      239,937     1.1     5.3  :    309,071     0.0     6.5  :     1.29 
Nov 00      237,335    -0.5     4.9  :    309,211     0.6     7.0  :     1.30 
Oct 00      238,478     0.3     6.6  :    307,247     0.7     7.7  :     1.29 
Sep 00      237,670     0.9     7.6  :    305,162     0.1     8.1  :     1.28 
Aug 00      235,515     0.1     7.6  :    304,999     0.4     8.7  :     1.30 
Jul 00      235,256    -0.5     8.2  :    303,801     0.3     8.6  :     1.29 
Jun 00      236,380     1.3     9.2  :    302,978     0.6     9.5  :     1.28 
May 00      233,331     0.1     8.6  :    301,085     0.6     8.9  :     1.29 
Apr 00      232,993     0.6    10.9  :    299,404     0.9     8.4  :     1.29 
Mar 00      231,670     1.2    10.7  :    296,626     0.7     7.5  :     1.28 
Feb 00      228,985    -0.3    10.7  :    294,455     0.6     7.1  :     1.29 
Jan 00      229,719     0.8    12.5  :    292,811     0.9     7.3  :     1.27 
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