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Manufacturing and trade inventories and sales, May 2023
The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for May, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,822.1 billion, up 0.2 percent (±0.2 percent)* from April 2023, but was down 1.8 percent (±0.5 percent) from May 2022. Inventories Manufacturers’ and trade inventories for May, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $2,545.8 billion, up 0.2 percent (±0.1 percent) from April 2023 and were up 3.5 percent (±0.4 percent) from May 2022. Inventories/Sales ... (full story)