The US Census Bureau announced today 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 $1,284.3 billion, up 8.4 percent (±0.3 percent) from April 2020, but was down 11.8 percent (±0.4 percent) from May 2019.
Manufacturers’ and trade inventories for May, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $1,933.7 billion, down 2.3 percent (±0.1 percent) from April 2020 and were down 4.8 percent (±0.4 percent) from May 2019.
基于5月底的季节性调整数据的总业务库存/销售比率为1.51。2019年5月的比率为1.40。