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Wholesale sales decline in December

billions of dollars 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 Dec. 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Dec. 2020 Current dollarsCurrent dollars Trend cycle (current dollars)Trend cycle (current dollars) Chained (2012) dollarsChained (2012) dollars Trend cycle (2012 chained dollars)Trend cycle (2012 chained dollars)
Note(s):
The higher variability associated with the trend-cycle estimates is indicated with a dotted line on the chart for the current reference month and the three previous months. For more information, see the note to readers.
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Wholesale sales decline in December, billions of dollars
  Current dollars Trend cycle (current dollars) Chained (2012) dollars Trend cycle (2012 chained dollars)
December 2015 57.481 55.959 55.114 53.391
January 2016 56.545 55.893 53.729 53.336
February 2016 55.360 55.705 52.620 53.176
March 2016 54.416 55.522 52.072 53.022
April 2016 55.195 55.491 52.954 52.997
May 2016 55.506 55.573 53.049 53.057
June 2016 56.212 55.764 53.526 53.207
July 2016 56.299 56.054 53.567 53.470
August 2016 56.373 56.388 53.765 53.758
September 2016 56.342 56.667 53.673 53.977
October 2016 56.917 56.985 54.351 54.252
November 2016 57.011 57.373 54.141 54.560
December 2016 58.314 57.830 55.475 54.897
January 2017 58.436 58.316 55.148 55.200
February 2017 58.318 58.804 55.180 55.473
March 2017 59.415 59.298 56.063 55.703
April 2017 59.803 59.718 55.867 55.844
May 2017 60.425 60.068 56.092 55.961
June 2017 60.379 60.355 55.925 56.073
July 2017 60.637 60.659 56.193 56.292
August 2017 60.855 60.947 56.339 56.546
September 2017 60.601 61.186 56.313 56.779
October 2017 61.598 61.457 57.460 57.034
November 2017 62.407 61.651 57.860 57.163
December 2017 62.116 61.799 57.618 57.210
January 2018 61.650 61.908 56.817 57.181
February 2018 61.216 62.018 56.231 57.156
March 2018 62.359 62.241 57.391 57.244
April 2018 62.194 62.416 57.232 57.311
May 2018 63.503 62.634 58.308 57.432
June 2018 62.740 62.786 57.223 57.475
July 2018 62.775 62.889 57.372 57.480
August 2018 62.888 62.919 57.483 57.395
September 2018 62.502 62.871 57.080 57.241
October 2018 63.335 62.821 57.515 57.102
November 2018 62.865 62.781 56.867 57.016
December 2018 62.866 62.824 56.884 57.068
January 2019 62.482 62.857 56.774 57.154
February 2019 62.331 63.056 57.002 57.438
March 2019 63.405 63.311 57.962 57.772
April 2019 64.440 63.578 58.778 58.088
May 2019 63.727 63.840 58.268 58.369
June 2019 63.601 63.935 58.169 58.470
July 2019 64.541 63.948 59.233 58.469
August 2019 63.535 63.839 57.942 58.331
September 2019 64.305 63.715 58.605 58.205
October 2019 63.429 63.952 57.913 58.395
November 2019 62.572 63.927 57.294 58.366
December 2019 63.442 63.236 57.837 57.720
January 2020 64.010 62.288 58.404 56.851
February 2020 64.569 60.924 58.982 55.640
March 2020 63.070 59.388 57.439 54.284
April 2020 49.492 58.329 45.505 53.379
May 2020 52.532 58.602 47.931 53.676
June 2020 62.258 60.101 57.239 55.096
July 2020 65.491 62.370 60.112 57.148
August 2020 65.695 64.277 60.347 58.852
September 2020 66.111 65.807 60.259 60.177
October 2020 66.875 66.948 61.010 61.153
November 2020 67.351 67.163 61.400 61.304
December 2020 66.502 66.961 60.706 61.079
Note(s):
The higher variability associated with the trend-cycle estimates is indicated with a dotted line on the chart for the current reference month and the three previous months. For more information, see the note to readers.
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