The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers' shipments for September, adjusted for seasonal and trading-day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,126.0 billion, up 0.6 percent (±0.2%) from August 2007 and up 5.9 percent (±0.2%) from September 2006.
Manufacturers' and trade inventories, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $1,429.5 billion, up 0.4 percent (±0.1%) from August 2007 and up 3.3 percent (±0.4%) from September 2006.
The total business inventories/sales ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of September was 1.27. The September 2006 ratio was 1.30.
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