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Manufacturing and trade inventories and sales, April 2022
The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for April, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,813.9 billion, up 0.4 percent (±0.2 percent) from March 2022 and was up 13.7 percent (±0.4 percent) from April 2021. Inventories Manufacturers’ and trade inventories for April, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $2,345.1 billion, up 1.2 percent (±0.1 percent) from March 2022 and were up 16.6 percent (±0.5 percent) from April 2021. ... (full story)