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Census Bureau Economic Statistics

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Every five years (2002, 2007, 2012, etc.) for every industry. Statistics for U.S., states, metro areas, counties, and cities. 2012 Economic Census Search Databases: 2007 \| 2002	Monthly and quarterly for selected sectors. National statistics only. Indicator Release Schedule Search Indicator Databases New: Now with time-series charts!	Annually for selected sectors. National statistics, primarily. Featured Sites: Annual & Quarterly Services County Business Patterns Enterprise Statistics E-Stats Monthly & Annual Retail Trade Monthly & Annual Wholesale Trade Nonemployer Statistics

Latest Economic Indicator	Previous	Current
Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for August 2012 were $1,601.7 billion, up 0.6 percent (+/-0.1%) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,246.6 billion, up 0.5 percent (+/-0.2%) from last month.	+0.8 July 2012 % change in inventories	+0.6 August 2012 % change in inventories

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