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Monthly Wholesale Trade

The Monthly Wholesale Trade report provides national estimates of monthly sales, inventories, and inventories-to-sales ratios by kind of business for wholesale firms located in the United States (excluding manufacturers’ sales branches and offices). Data from this survey provide business leaders and policymakers with an up-to-date picture of the nation’s economic condition, and are a key element in estimating the quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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Notice of Revision - Monthly Wholesale sales, inventories, and inventories/sales ratios were revised to reflect historical corrections, the introduction of the 2017 NAICS, and the results of the 2022 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey. Revised not adjusted and corresponding adjusted estimates were released on the website on March 25, 2025.

Monthly Wholesale Real Dollar Estimates - The Census Bureau has released the monthly wholesale real dollar estimates of sales and inventories as an experimental data product. The estimates can be viewed on the Data page or at Monthly Wholesale Real Dollar Estimates.


API - The URL for the economic indicators data in the Census Bureau API (Application Programming Interface) has been updated to add /timeseries/. Examples can be found on the Developers’ webpage.

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