Manufacturing & Trade Inventories & Sales

Announcements

Intention to Revise: Revisions to the Wholesale and Retail adjusted and not adjusted monthly estimates for sales and inventories are scheduled for release in March 2014 and April 2014, respectively. Estimates will be revised to reflect the results of the 2012 Annual Wholesale and Annual Retail Trade Surveys. On May 15, 2014, monthly seasonally adjusted data for Manufacturers� Shipments, Inventories, and Orders will be revised for January 1992 through March 2014. There will be no accompanying press release containing revised seasonally adjusted data for January through March of 2014, and historical data not seasonally adjusted will be unchanged. Revisions to the Wholesale estimates will be reflected in the February 2014 Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales (MTIS) release scheduled for April 14, 2014. Revisions to the Retail estimates will be reflected in the March 2014 MTIS release scheduled for May 13, 2014. Revisions to the Manufacturing estimates will be reflected in the April 2014 MTIS release scheduled for June 12, 2014.
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