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Table 1
Wholesale merchants' inventories and inventory-to-sales ratio

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  October 2007 July 2008r August 2008r September 2008r October 2008p September to October 2008 October 2007 to October 2008 September 2008r October 2008p
  Wholesale inventories Inventory-to-sales ratio
  Seasonally adjusted
  $ millions % change   
Inventories 54,652 56,601 56,985 57,312 57,789 0.8 5.7 1.24 1.28
Farm products 199 182 191 184 192 4.1 -3.6 0.39 0.42
Food products 4,260 4,492 4,508 4,537 4,592 1.2 7.8 0.63 0.63
Alcohol and tobacco 317 359 370 366 374 2.3 18.2 0.52 0.54
Apparel 1,806 1,840 1,896 1,908 1,923 0.8 6.5 2.31 2.30
Household and personal products 4,009 4,256 4,138 4,031 4,213 4.5 5.1 1.46 1.58
Pharmaceuticals 3,561 3,895 3,873 3,882 3,818 -1.6 7.2 1.19 1.18
Motor vehicles 4,534 4,560 4,539 4,559 4,568 0.2 0.7 0.81 0.87
Motor vehicle parts and accessories 3,323 3,307 3,271 3,285 3,281 -0.1 -1.3 1.95 1.96
Building supplies 5,990 6,047 6,022 6,100 6,118 0.3 2.1 1.54 1.55
Metal products 2,795 3,010 3,079 3,144 3,221 2.4 15.2 1.81 1.84
Lumber and millwork 1,154 1,185 1,215 1,222 1,211 -0.8 5.0 1.27 1.25
Machinery and equipment 11,744 11,633 11,691 11,880 11,970 0.8 1.9 2.22 2.23
Computer and other electronic equipment 1,690 1,780 1,902 1,831 1,882 2.8 11.4 0.63 0.65
Office and professional equipment 2,682 2,806 2,815 2,833 2,824 -0.3 5.3 1.33 1.33
Other products 6,588 7,248 7,475 7,549 7,603 0.7 15.4 1.15 1.26
rrevised
ppreliminary
Note:Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.

Date Modified: 2008-12-17

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