March 2011 business inventories were $1,476.7 billion, up 1.0% from February and up 9.7% from March 2010. Sales were $1,200.1 billion, up 2.2% from February and up 11.0% from March 2010.
February 2011 business inventories were $1,457.9 billion, up 0.5% from January and up 9.1% from February 2010. Sales were $1,174.2 billion, up 0.2% from January and up 10.9% from February 2010.
January 2011 business inventories were $1,453.1 billion, up 0.9% from December and up 9.1% from one year earlier. Sales were $1,177.8 billion, up 2.0% from December and up 10.8% from the previous year.
Business inventories were $1,435.4 billion in December 2010, up 0.8 percent from November and up 8.0 percent from one year earlier. Sales were $1,148.0 billion, up 1.1 percent from November and up 8.7 percent from December 2009.
The Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) releases 12 monthly and quarterly Principal Federal Economic Indicators collected by its constituent bureaus: the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Businesses rely heavily upon these indicators to make decisions every day. In their public comments, the Secretary and ESA’s Under Secretary and Chief Economist put the indicators into a national and global economic context.
