미국 도매재고, U.S. Wholesales Inventories 2월 월간 -1.5% 감소 _09.04.09

 
 
미국 도매재고, Wholesales Inventories 월간수치가(m/m) 2월 -1.5% 감소하였습니다.  미국 통계국(Census Bureau) 발표

Sales. The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that February 2009 sales of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches and
offices, after adjustment for seasonal variations and trading-day differences but not for price changes, were $319.7 billion, up 0.6 percent (+/-0.7%)*
from the revised January level and were down 14.3 percent (+/-1.6%) from the February 2008 level. The January preliminary estimate was revised
downward $0.7 billion or 0.2 percent. February sales of durable goods were up 2.0 percent (+/-1.4%) from last month, but were down 14.8 percent
(+/-2.1%) from a year ago. Compared to last month, sales of motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies were up 3.7 percent, while sales of
metals and minerals, except petroleum, were down 5.6 percent. Sales of nondurable goods were down 0.4 percent (+/-0.7%)* from last month and
were down 13.8 percent (+/-1.6%) from last year. Sales of chemicals and allied products were down 4.6 percent from last month.

Inventories. Total inventories of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices, after adjustment for seasonal variations
but not for price changes, were $419.3 billion at the end of February, down 1.5 percent (+/-0.4%) from the revised January level, and were down 1.7
percent (+/-0.9%) from a year ago. The January preliminary estimate was revised upward $0.2 billion. End-of-month inventories of durable goods
were down 2.4 percent (+/-0.5%) from last month, but were up 0.7 percent (+/-1.1%)* from last February. Inventories of motor vehicle and motor
vehicle parts and supplies were down 7.9 percent from last month and inventories of furniture and home furnishings were down 3.0 percent. End-ofmonth
inventories of nondurable goods decreased 0.2 percent (+/-0.5%)* from January and were down 5.5 percent (+/-1.9%) compared to last
February. Inventories of farm product raw materials were down 5.4 percent from last month, and inventories of paper and paper products were down
4.8 percent.

Inventories/Sales Ratio. The February inventories/sales ratio for merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices, based
on seasonally adjusted data, was 1.31. The February 2008 ratio was 1.14.
Data in this report are based on a sample and, therefore, are subject to sampling and nonsampling error. A discussion of the reliability of the estimates
and general survey methodology can be found at: <http://www.census.gov/wholesale/www/how_surveys_are_collected/011340.html>.

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