Table B-17: Inventories and final sales of domestic business										
"            in 1987 dollars, 1959-92"										

"(Billions of 1987 dollars; except as noted, seasonally adjusted)"										
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	-------------------Inventories (1)--------------------------							Final	Inventory-final	
Quarter	Total	Farm	------------------Nonfarm-------------------					Sales	  sales ratio	
	(2)		Total	Manu-	Wholesale	Retail	Other	(3)	-	-
			(2)	facturing	trade	trade			Total	Nonfarm
										(4)
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fourth quarter:										
1959 	388.6 	79.6 	308.9 	152.4 	61.2 	67.6 	27.8 	130.5 	2.98 	2.37 

1960 	396.7 	80.5 	316.2 	153.9 	62.4 	71.4 	28.5 	133.2 	2.98 	2.37 
1961 	403.9 	82.1 	321.8 	157.9 	63.7 	70.2 	30.0 	138.8 	2.91 	2.32 
1962 	419.5 	83.9 	335.7 	166.1 	65.9 	73.8 	29.9 	143.8 	2.92 	2.33 
1963 	435.6 	85.4 	350.2 	171.6 	69.6 	76.9 	32.0 	152.1 	2.86 	2.30 
1964 	451.2 	83.4 	367.8 	179.6 	73.4 	80.3 	34.5 	159.7 	2.83 	2.30 

1965 	476.4 	84.6 	391.7 	190.2 	77.6 	86.8 	37.2 	172.8 	2.76 	2.27 
1966 	513.1 	83.5 	429.6 	212.1 	86.5 	92.5 	38.4 	175.9 	2.92 	2.44 
1967 	540.7 	84.5 	456.3 	227.6 	92.0 	92.1 	44.6 	182.4 	2.97 	2.50 
1968 	564.3 	86.9 	477.5 	237.4 	94.7 	99.3 	46.1 	191.0 	2.95 	2.50 
1969 	589.2 	86.9 	502.3 	246.7 	100.3 	105.9 	49.4 	194.0 	3.04 	2.59 

1970 	595.1 	86.3 	508.8 	246.1 	106.9 	105.8 	50.0 	196.3 	3.03 	2.59 
1971 	615.8 	89.2 	526.7 	243.9 	112.3 	117.8 	52.6 	203.4 	3.03 	2.59 
1972 	638.4 	90.6 	547.7 	249.6 	116.3 	125.3 	56.5 	218.5 	2.92 	2.51 
1973 	676.1 	92.9 	583.3 	264.9 	121.1 	134.5 	62.7 	223.1 	3.03 	2.61 
1974 	707.0 	92.5 	614.5 	283.7 	130.8 	133.6 	66.4 	218.5 	3.24 	2.81 

1975 	693.1 	92.9 	600.2 	277.2 	127.3 	127.6 	68.0 	226.5 	3.06 	2.65 
1976 	718.6 	90.8 	627.8 	289.6 	135.3 	134.8 	68.1 	235.6 	3.05 	2.66 
1977 	752.9 	93.6 	659.2 	297.1 	144.4 	144.5 	73.3 	246.7 	3.05 	2.67 
1978 	790.1 	93.0 	697.1 	309.2 	155.8 	153.7 	78.3 	261.3 	3.02 	2.67 
1979 	803.7 	95.7 	708.0 	320.1 	157.3 	153.5 	77.1 	265.7 	3.02 	2.66 

1980 	795.4 	92.3 	703.1 	319.9 	161.9 	146.7 	74.6 	265.4 	3.00 	2.65 
1981 	820.0 	98.3 	721.7 	324.0 	164.8 	152.9 	80.0 	262.7 	3.12 	2.75 
1982 	802.5 	101.4 	701.0 	311.3 	159.9 	151.7 	78.1 	264.9 	3.03 	2.65 
1983 	806.9 	93.1 	713.8 	311.9 	159.3 	162.8 	79.8 	279.0 	2.89 	2.56 
1984 	874.8 	94.8 	780.0 	339.4 	174.7 	181.4 	84.5 	292.7 	2.99 	2.66 

1985 	896.9 	97.2 	799.8 	335.7 	178.7 	194.1 	91.3 	305.0 	2.94 	2.62 
1986 	905.5 	95.1 	810.4 	333.6 	185.7 	196.7 	94.4 	316.9 	2.86 	2.56 
1987 	931.8 	88.7 	843.1 	340.2 	192.7 	213.6 	96.6 	325.2 	2.87 	2.59 
1988 	951.7 	81.7 	870.0 	355.3 	199.1 	219.7 	95.9 	339.5 	2.80 	2.56 
1989 	981.5 	81.6 	899.9 	373.9 	202.5 	231.0 	92.5 	343.2 	2.86 	2.62 

1990 	987.6 	84.0 	903.6 	377.6 	207.0 	227.3 	91.7 	343.3 	2.88 	2.63 
1991 	978.3 	84.3 	894.0 	370.7 	207.9 	229.0 	86.3 	342.1 	2.86 	2.61 

  1989:I	962.0 	83.1 	878.9 	360.2 	198.4 	225.5 	94.8 	340.2 	2.83 	2.58 
       II	971.3 	84.5 	886.7 	367.0 	201.6 	224.3 	93.9 	342.0 	2.84 	2.59 
       III	975.2 	83.1 	892.1 	372.2 	202.1 	224.5 	93.3 	343.2 	2.84 	2.60 
       IV	981.5 	81.6 	899.9 	373.9 	202.5 	231.0 	92.5 	343.2 	2.86 	2.62 

 1990: I	983.4 	82.0 	901.4 	376.7 	203.5 	226.5 	94.6 	347.2 	2.83 	2.60 
       II	991.5 	83.2 	908.4 	378.6 	206.2 	228.9 	94.6 	345.9 	2.87 	2.63 
       III	994.3 	84.3 	910.0 	379.8 	207.8 	228.8 	93.6 	345.4 	2.88 	2.63 
       IV	987.6 	84.0 	903.6 	377.6 	207.0 	227.3 	91.7 	343.3 	2.88 	2.63 

  1991:I	981.4 	83.9 	897.4 	378.3 	207.4 	222.4 	89.4 	339.8 	2.89 	2.64 
       II	976.3 	85.0 	891.3 	375.4 	204.6 	222.8 	88.5 	342.0 	2.85 	2.61 
       III	976.4 	85.4 	891.1 	373.5 	204.6 	226.0 	87.0 	342.0 	2.86 	2.61 
       IV	978.3 	84.3 	894.0 	370.7 	207.9 	229.0 	86.3 	342.1 	2.86 	2.61 

  1992:I	975.2 	83.8 	891.4 	368.5 	206.5 	229.2 	87.1 	346.0 	2.82 	2.58 
       II	977.1 	84.3 	892.9 	366.9 	207.3 	232.1 	86.5 	346.7 	2.82 	2.58 
       III	980.9 	85.6 	895.3 	367.9 	206.8 	234.5 	86.1 	348.8 	2.81 	2.57 

1/   Inventories at end quarter.  Quarter-to-quarter change										
     calculated from this table is not the current-dollar change in										
     business inventories (CBI) component of GDP. The former is the										
"     difference between two inventory stocks, each valued at their"										
     respective end-of-quarter prices.  The latter is the change in										
     the physical volume of inventories valued at average prices of										
"     the quarter. In addition, changes calculated from this table"										
"     are at quarterly rates, whereas CBI is stated at annual rates."										

2 /  Inventories of construction establishments are included in
"     ""other"" nonfarm inventories."

3/   Quarterly totals at monthly rates. Final sales of domestic
     business equals final sales of domestic product less gross
     product of households and institutions and general government
     and includes a small amount of final sales by farms.

Note:     The industry classification of inventories is on an
          establishment basis and is based on the 1987 Standard
          Industrial--Classification (SIC) beginning 1987 and on
          the 1972 SlC for earlier years shown.

"Source:   Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis."