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Table 1 Wholesale merchants' inventories and inventory-to-sales ratio

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Wholesale merchants' inventories and inventory-to-sales ratio
	January 2008	October 2008^r	November 2008^r	December 2008^r	January 2009^p	December 2008 to January 2009	January 2008 to January 2009	December 2008^r	January 2009^p
	Wholesale inventories							Inventory-to-sales ratio
	Seasonally adjusted
	$ millions					% change
Inventories	54,207	57,862	58,509	58,569	58,580	0.0	8.1	1.36	1.42
Farm products	164	181	178	174	165	-5.3	0.8	0.40	0.36
Food products	4,243	4,596	4,657	4,632	4,645	0.3	9.5	0.63	0.62
Alcohol and tobacco	350	376	383	373	377	1.2	7.7	0.53	0.56
Apparel	1,795	1,952	1,952	2,055	2,120	3.2	18.1	2.52	2.55
Household and personal products	4,019	4,197	4,144	4,099	4,104	0.1	2.1	1.53	1.56
Pharmaceuticals	3,566	3,849	4,021	4,121	4,152	0.7	16.4	1.26	1.26
Motor vehicles	4,513	4,523	4,414	4,304	4,077	-5.3	-9.7	0.89	1.21
Motor vehicle parts and accessories	3,190	3,293	3,378	3,390	3,390	0.0	6.3	2.04	2.09
Building supplies	5,995	6,142	6,233	6,315	6,334	0.3	5.7	1.68	1.78
Metal products	2,776	3,204	3,208	3,258	3,268	0.3	17.7	2.04	2.21
Lumber and millwork	1,112	1,193	1,173	1,117	1,107	-0.8	-0.4	1.37	1.47
Machinery and equipment	11,575	11,990	12,220	12,304	12,377	0.6	6.9	2.51	2.57
Computer and other electronic equipment	1,648	1,837	1,946	1,766	1,739	-1.5	5.5	0.66	0.71
Office and professional equipment	2,655	2,874	2,879	2,906	2,945	1.3	10.9	1.39	1.39
Other products	6,607	7,653	7,724	7,754	7,779	0.3	17.7	1.46	1.40

revised

preliminary

Note(s):

Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.