ESTIMATED END-OF-MONTH RETAIL INVENTORIES AND INVENTORIES/SALES RATIOS, BY KINDS OF BUSINESS:\
January 1997 to December 1997\
(DATA IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) \
SIC  Code\Kind of Business\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, NOT ADJUSTED\
\\Jan. 1997\Feb. 1997\Mar. 1997\Apr. 1997\May. 1997\Jun. 1997\Jul. 1997\Aug. 1997\Sep. 1997\Oct. 1997\Nov. 1997\Dec. 1997\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, TOTAL\311024\317162\320165\323871\320931\317862\315523\315222\328151\347226\352348\324222
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\218181\221541\224142\227289\226730\224754\228473\229948\240992\255331\257675\226635
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\168956\173097\174563\176698\174908\173059\167555\165340\170342\179919\183368\176778
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\22662\23297\24492\24933\25042\24646\24173\23818\24263\24445\24032\23884
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\92843\95621\96023\96582\94201\93108\87050\85274\87159\91895\94673\97587
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\24027\23733\23713\23674\23846\23562\23942\23784\24803\27158\27716\23885
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\142068\144065\145602\147173\146023\144803\147968\149882\157809\167307\168980\147444
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\53794\55398\56368\57514\56986\56018\56856\57849\62358\67607\68957\54933
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\43609\45141\46159\47092\46636\45798\46392\47308\50987\55645\56986\45320
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\28594\28051\28347\28100\28012\28063\27954\28145\28708\29664\30370\29469
56\APPAREL & ACCESSORY STORES\20491\21701\22194\22830\22542\22367\23621\24222\25580\27175\26952\22252
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, ADJUSTED 1/\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, TOTAL\319929\321834\319982\321523\322784\324100\326268\324792\327606\328313\327947\329542
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\229017\230139\228700\230093\231410\231709\232952\231279\233829\233868\233887\235005
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\170836\172197\171311\171621\172546\173655\175048\174249\175633\176197\175689\176349
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\23460\23320\23641\23791\24010\24163\24197\24181\24758\24767\24699\24827
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\90912\91695\91282\91430\91374\92391\93316\93513\93777\94445\94060\94537
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\25028\24930\24624\24182\24660\24544\24785\24220\24198\24379\24291\24151
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\149093\149637\148671\149902\150238\150445\151220\150543\151973\152116\152258\153193
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\58440\58726\58308\58918\58959\59051\59006\58481\58763\58507\58551\59137
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\47453\47768\47685\48151\48178\48361\48174\47834\48146\48177\48293\48889
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\28386\28401\28473\28382\28524\28538\28519\28838\28941\28796\28897\28739
56\APPAREL AND ACCESSORY STORES\22869\23013\22555\23225\23360\23421\23527\23494\23907\24027\24000\24426
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS NOT ADJUSTED\
\RETAIL TRADE, TOTAL\1.63\1.68\1.49\1.54\1.43\1.46\1.42\1.4\1.54\1.57\1.6\1.23
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\1.51\1.58\1.41\1.46\1.35\1.39\1.39\1.36\1.51\1.52\1.49\1.06
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\2.23\2.24\1.97\2\1.88\1.88\1.8\1.78\1.92\2\2.18\1.78
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\2.48\2.54\2.13\1.87\1.71\1.76\1.73\1.84\1.83\1.83\2.09\2.07
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\1.99\1.97\1.72\1.78\1.68\1.67\1.54\1.52\1.64\1.71\2.02\2
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\2.31\2.39\2.17\2.24\2.14\2.17\2.12\2.01\2.19\2.32\2.13\1.39
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\1.23\1.3\1.15\1.21\1.11\1.15\1.15\1.13\1.27\1.27\1.25\0.9
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\2.59\2.6\2.22\2.38\2.1\2.15\2.23\2.08\2.54\2.45\2.11\1.19
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\2.72\2.72\2.3\2.48\2.19\2.25\2.34\2.15\2.64\2.56\2.18\1.21
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\0.83\0.88\0.79\0.83\0.76\0.81\0.76\0.77\0.84\0.83\0.86\0.77
56\APPAREL AND  ACCESSORY STORES\2.89\2.95\2.32\2.6\2.29\2.42\2.53\2.2\2.68\2.67\2.37\1.36
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS ADJUSTED 1/\
\RETAIL TRADE, TOTAL\1.49\1.49\1.48\1.49\1.52\1.5\1.49\1.48\1.49\1.49\1.48\1.49
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\1.41\1.41\1.4\1.41\1.42\1.41\1.41\1.39\1.4\1.4\1.4\1.4
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\1.97\1.95\1.94\1.96\2.03\1.97\1.96\1.93\1.95\1.97\1.94\1.93
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\1.95\1.9\1.91\1.94\1.97\1.96\1.95\1.95\1.97\1.97\1.97\1.95
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\1.75\1.73\1.73\1.75\1.82\1.77\1.75\1.73\1.75\1.78\1.75\1.74
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\2.25\2.19\2.15\2.1\2.13\2.11\2.13\2.05\2.05\2.05\2.02\1.98
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\1.17\1.17\1.16\1.17\1.18\1.17\1.17\1.16\1.17\1.17\1.17\1.17
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\2.16\2.17\2.17\2.18\2.18\2.16\2.13\2.1\2.13\2.09\2.09\2.11
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\2.23\2.25\2.25\2.26\2.26\2.25\2.21\2.18\2.21\2.17\2.17\2.2
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\0.81\0.81\0.81\0.81\0.81\0.81\0.81\0.81\0.82\0.81\0.81\0.81
56\APPAREL AND  ACCESSORY STORES\2.33\2.36\2.32\2.4\2.4\2.36\2.34\2.32\2.36\2.38\2.35\2.36
(1) Data adjusted for seasonal variations, but not for price changes.\
 
Note:  U.S. and group totals include kinds of business not shown.\