The US Census Bureau announced the combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for February, adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,549.6 billion, down 1.9 percent (±0.3 percent) from January 2021, but was up 5.7 percent (±0.4 percent) from February 2020.
Manufacturers’ and trade inventories for February, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $2,010.8 billion, up 0.5 percent (±0.1 percent) from January 2021, but were down 0.7 percent (±0.4 percent) from February 2020.
基于2月底的季节性调整数据的业务库存/销售比率为1.30。2月20日的比例为1.38。