Sales
The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for February, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,921.1 billion, up 1.2 percent (±0.2 percent) from January 2025 and was up 3.6 percent (±0.3 percent) from February 2024.
Inventories
Manufacturers’ and trade inventories for February, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $2,590.0 billion, up 0.2 percent (±0.1 percent) from January 2025 and were up 2.1 percent (±0.4 percent) from February 2024.
Inventories/Sales Ratio
The total business inventories/sales ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of February was 1.35. The February 2024 ratio was 1.37.
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* The 90 percent confidence interval includes zero. There is insufficient evidence to conclude that the actual change is different from zero.
