U.S. and Connecticut Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales - March 2012

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Sales: The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for March, adjusted for seasonal and trading-day differences but not for price changes, was estimated at $1,241.0 billion, up 0.6 percent (±0.2%) from February 2012 and up 5.8 percent (±0.5%) from March 2011. Inventories: Manufacturers’ and trade inventories, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $1,580.2 billion, up 0.3 percent (±0.1%) from February 2012 and up 6.6 percent (±0.4%) from March 2011. Inventories/Sales Ratio: The total business inventories/sales ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of March was 1.27. The March 2011 ratio was 1.26. Source: USDOC

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