ESTIMATED END-OF-MONTH RETAIL INVENTORIES AND INVENTORIES/SALES RATIOS, BY KINDS OF BUSINESS:\
January 1999 to December 1999\
(DATA IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) \
SIC  Code\Kind of Business\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, NOT ADJUSTED\
\\Jan. 1999\Feb. 1999\Mar. 1999\Apr. 1999\May. 1999\Jun. 1999\Jul. 1999\Aug. 1999\Sep. 1999\Oct. 1999\Nov. 1999\Dec. 1999\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, TOTAL\ 336512 \342856 \353713 \358384 \354644 \353723 \347208 \350417 \362926 \383076 \394282 \367062
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\ 237486 \240160 \246176 \248834 \247279 \246439 \248912 \253835 \264164 \281142 \286296 \255161
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 182932 \187516 \194654 \198818 \196646 \196112 \187271 \186535 \191201 \201155 \208040 \203192
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\ 26322 \27675 \28942 \29564 \29493 \28876 \28406 \28239 \27998 \28439 \28204 \28205
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\ 99026 \102696 \107537 \109550 \107365 \107284 \98296 \96582 \98762 \101934 \107986 \111901
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\ 24307 \24204 \24347 \25034 \24450 \24547 \24973 \25155 \26199 \28563 \29541 \25899
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 153580 \155340 \159059 \159566 \157998 \157611 \159937 \163882 \171725 \181921 \186242 \163870
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\ 55496 \56940 \58899 \59535 \58959 \57650 \58439 \60472 \65217 \71269 \73850 \58451
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\ 45453 \46496 \48264 \48739 \48270 \46971 \47685 \49259 \52982 \58160 \60674 \47446
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\ 30264 \29833 \30165 \29772 \29842 \30044 \30055 \30172 \31086 \32518 \33228 \32600
56\APPAREL & ACCESSORY STORES\ 23253 \24685 \25410 \25390 \24945 \25043 \25842 \26301 \27067 \28417 \28524 \23617
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, ADJUSTED 1/\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, TOTAL\ 346158 \347792 \352287 \354556 \355826 \359298 \359023 \361420 \363200 \363246 \367547 \372079
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\ 249039 \249045 \250465 \251434 \252128 \253687 \253789 \255597 \257085 \258501 \260365 \263787
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 185402 \186926 \190241 \192171 \193264 \195621 \195391 \196562 \197500 \197140 \199503 \202367
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\ 27305 \27620 \27856 \28049 \28196 \28282 \28463 \28611 \28599 \28931 \29136 \29472
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\ 97119 \98747 \101822 \103122 \103698 \105611 \105234 \105823 \106115 \104745 \107182 \108292
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\ 25426 \25478 \25178 \25441 \25311 \25490 \25666 \25642 \25837 \25802 \25777 \26187
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 160756 \160866 \162046 \162385 \162562 \163677 \163632 \164858 \165700 \166106 \168044 \169712
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\ 60128 \60150 \60847 \60914 \61075 \60916 \60868 \61398 \61671 \61754 \62500 \62810
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\ 49352 \49098 \49757 \49784 \49917 \49757 \49724 \50060 \50268 \50355 \51072 \51127
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\ 30042 \30180 \30284 \30127 \30415 \30619 \30755 \30983 \31358 \31573 \31645 \31791
56\APPAREL AND ACCESSORY STORES\ 25894 \26122 \25797 \25803 \25796 \26086 \25662 \25461 \25249 \25192 \25422 \25867
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS NOT ADJUSTED\
\RETAIL TRADE, TOTAL\ 1.61 \1.61 \1.45 \1.48 \1.39 \1.4 \1.36 \1.36 \1.48 \1.53 \1.53 \1.17
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\ 1.5 \1.53 \1.38 \1.39 \1.31 \1.34 \1.33 \1.35 \1.45 \1.48 \1.44 \1.01
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 2.16 \2.09 \1.85 \1.92 \1.8 \1.77 \1.71 \1.69 \1.84 \1.96 \2 \1.69
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\ 2.46 \2.42 \2.03 \1.79 \1.67 \1.68 \1.72 \1.79 \1.83 \1.86 \1.89 \1.99
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\ 1.93 \1.84 \1.62 \1.73 \1.62 \1.58 \1.47 \1.42 \1.56 \1.66 \1.83 \1.88
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\ 2.03 \2.09 \1.9 \2.08 \1.96 \1.92 \1.91 \1.86 \1.98 \2.16 \1.98 \1.31
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 1.23 \1.27 \1.14 \1.15 \1.09 \1.11 \1.1 \1.12 \1.21 \1.23 \1.21 \0.85
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\ 2.32 \2.29 \2.03 \2.06 \1.9 \1.92 \1.99 \1.97 \2.24 \2.29 \2.02 \1.08
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\ 2.45 \2.39 \2.13 \2.15 \1.98 \2.02 \2.09 \2.06 \2.34 \2.41 \2.11 \1.09
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\ 0.84 \0.88 \0.81 \0.81 \0.77 \0.8 \0.75 \0.79 \0.82 \0.84 \0.87 \0.74
56\APPAREL AND  ACCESSORY STORES\ 2.9 \2.92 \2.4 \2.34 \2.22 \2.37 \2.4 \2.19 \2.52 \2.53 \2.3 \1.3
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS ADJUSTED 1/\
\RETAIL TRADE, TOTAL\ 1.45 \1.44 \1.45 \1.45 \1.44 \1.45 \1.44 \1.43 \1.43 \1.43 \1.42 \1.42
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\ 1.38 \1.37 \1.38 \1.37 \1.36 \1.37 \1.36 \1.36 \1.35 \1.35 \1.35 \1.34
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 1.86 \1.85 \1.88 \1.89 \1.86 \1.88 \1.85 \1.83 \1.85 \1.85 \1.83 \1.84
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\ 1.87 \1.81 \1.9 \1.87 \1.89 \1.91 \1.89 \1.91 \1.93 \1.93 \1.86 \1.9
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\ 1.64 \1.65 \1.69 \1.71 \1.67 \1.69 \1.66 \1.63 \1.66 \1.65 \1.64 \1.65
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\ 1.98 \1.96 \1.92 \1.94 \1.91 \1.9 \1.9 \1.88 \1.86 \1.86 \1.86 \1.86
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 1.15 \1.15 \1.15 \1.14 \1.13 \1.14 \1.13 \1.13 \1.12 \1.12 \1.13 \1.11
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\ 1.95 \1.95 \1.95 \1.96 \1.97 \1.93 \1.94 \1.94 \1.93 \1.93 \1.94 \1.91
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\ 2.04 \2.02 \2.03 \2.04 \2.06 \2.01 \2.02 \2.02 \2.01 \2.01 \2.03 \2
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\ 0.81 \0.8 \0.81 \0.8 \0.8 \0.81 \0.81 \0.81 \0.81 \0.82 \0.81 \0.79
56\APPAREL AND  ACCESSORY STORES\ 2.32 \2.35 \2.33 \2.28 \2.26 \2.3 \2.28 \2.24 \2.25 \2.23 \2.25 \2.29
(1) Data adjusted for seasonal variations, but not for price changes.\
 
Note:  U.S. and group totals include kinds of business not shown.\