Title: Merchant Wholesalers, Except Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices: Nondurable Goods: Grocery and Related Products Inventories Series ID: O4244MM157SCEN Source: U.S. Census Bureau Release: Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly, End of Month Units: Percent Date Range: 1992-02-01 to 2024-02-01 Last Updated: 2024-04-10 9:02 AM CDT Notes: Definition of inventories (as provided by the Census Bureau): The value, at cost, of merchandise on hand and available for sale at the end of the reference month. All goods owned by a firm, regardless of location, except goods outside the United States are included. Items not held for resale, such as fixtures, equipment, and supplies are excluded. Also excluded is the value of goods on a firm's premises but not owned by the firm. (http://www.census.gov/wholesale/definitions.html) DATE VALUE 1992-02-01 0.8 1992-03-01 0.8 1992-04-01 1.7 1992-05-01 0.8 1992-06-01 0.8 1992-07-01 0.0 1992-08-01 -0.4 1992-09-01 -1.2 1992-10-01 -0.7 1992-11-01 1.9 1992-12-01 0.1 1993-01-01 -0.5 1993-02-01 1.0 1993-03-01 -1.1 1993-04-01 2.7 1993-05-01 -2.2 1993-06-01 -2.9 1993-07-01 -1.4 1993-08-01 0.6 1993-09-01 -0.7 1993-10-01 0.7 1993-11-01 1.6 1993-12-01 -0.1 1994-01-01 -1.1 1994-02-01 1.2 1994-03-01 1.7 1994-04-01 -3.1 1994-05-01 -0.2 1994-06-01 2.2 1994-07-01 -3.5 1994-08-01 2.5 1994-09-01 1.4 1994-10-01 0.4 1994-11-01 -0.3 1994-12-01 1.1 1995-01-01 0.6 1995-02-01 -1.7 1995-03-01 0.9 1995-04-01 1.8 1995-05-01 -0.3 1995-06-01 0.2 1995-07-01 1.8 1995-08-01 -0.8 1995-09-01 2.1 1995-10-01 -0.5 1995-11-01 -1.6 1995-12-01 0.2 1996-01-01 0.9 1996-02-01 -0.4 1996-03-01 1.5 1996-04-01 0.3 1996-05-01 -0.7 1996-06-01 0.5 1996-07-01 1.5 1996-08-01 0.5 1996-09-01 -1.0 1996-10-01 -1.5 1996-11-01 -2.1 1996-12-01 0.0 1997-01-01 0.3 1997-02-01 -0.5 1997-03-01 0.1 1997-04-01 -1.2 1997-05-01 1.3 1997-06-01 0.7 1997-07-01 -0.1 1997-08-01 -0.4 1997-09-01 0.3 1997-10-01 3.3 1997-11-01 0.8 1997-12-01 0.3 1998-01-01 1.1 1998-02-01 1.1 1998-03-01 -2.7 1998-04-01 2.3 1998-05-01 1.4 1998-06-01 -1.1 1998-07-01 0.2 1998-08-01 0.0 1998-09-01 -0.7 1998-10-01 -1.0 1998-11-01 0.8 1998-12-01 -1.3 1999-01-01 0.3 1999-02-01 1.6 1999-03-01 0.8 1999-04-01 2.3 1999-05-01 -0.6 1999-06-01 -3.0 1999-07-01 3.0 1999-08-01 0.3 1999-09-01 0.1 1999-10-01 0.9 1999-11-01 2.0 1999-12-01 -1.1 2000-01-01 -0.8 2000-02-01 0.3 2000-03-01 -0.5 2000-04-01 0.4 2000-05-01 -0.5 2000-06-01 -1.2 2000-07-01 0.4 2000-08-01 -0.1 2000-09-01 1.8 2000-10-01 1.3 2000-11-01 2.1 2000-12-01 -2.8 2001-01-01 -1.1 2001-02-01 -0.5 2001-03-01 -0.4 2001-04-01 0.0 2001-05-01 -1.4 2001-06-01 0.6 2001-07-01 -2.5 2001-08-01 0.7 2001-09-01 -0.8 2001-10-01 -2.8 2001-11-01 0.9 2001-12-01 1.1 2002-01-01 0.7 2002-02-01 -0.7 2002-03-01 1.7 2002-04-01 0.1 2002-05-01 2.2 2002-06-01 2.4 2002-07-01 0.8 2002-08-01 0.6 2002-09-01 -2.6 2002-10-01 1.5 2002-11-01 -2.0 2002-12-01 0.7 2003-01-01 2.5 2003-02-01 -0.5 2003-03-01 -1.3 2003-04-01 -2.0 2003-05-01 -1.6 2003-06-01 -0.3 2003-07-01 0.7 2003-08-01 -0.1 2003-09-01 2.0 2003-10-01 -2.2 2003-11-01 -0.9 2003-12-01 2.7 2004-01-01 -1.6 2004-02-01 0.6 2004-03-01 1.0 2004-04-01 0.7 2004-05-01 0.7 2004-06-01 0.1 2004-07-01 1.0 2004-08-01 -0.9 2004-09-01 -1.3 2004-10-01 3.5 2004-11-01 0.8 2004-12-01 -2.5 2005-01-01 1.4 2005-02-01 0.5 2005-03-01 -0.2 2005-04-01 0.9 2005-05-01 -0.3 2005-06-01 -1.1 2005-07-01 -0.4 2005-08-01 1.4 2005-09-01 1.3 2005-10-01 0.8 2005-11-01 1.4 2005-12-01 1.6 2006-01-01 -0.7 2006-02-01 0.5 2006-03-01 -1.2 2006-04-01 -0.2 2006-05-01 -1.4 2006-06-01 2.5 2006-07-01 1.1 2006-08-01 1.6 2006-09-01 0.4 2006-10-01 -0.5 2006-11-01 2.3 2006-12-01 -0.6 2007-01-01 1.2 2007-02-01 2.9 2007-03-01 2.7 2007-04-01 0.4 2007-05-01 1.4 2007-06-01 1.0 2007-07-01 -0.2 2007-08-01 -1.1 2007-09-01 0.1 2007-10-01 0.1 2007-11-01 0.7 2007-12-01 1.0 2008-01-01 0.2 2008-02-01 -1.7 2008-03-01 1.0 2008-04-01 1.4 2008-05-01 0.4 2008-06-01 0.7 2008-07-01 1.4 2008-08-01 2.4 2008-09-01 0.0 2008-10-01 1.1 2008-11-01 -1.4 2008-12-01 0.4 2009-01-01 -0.7 2009-02-01 -1.5 2009-03-01 -2.4 2009-04-01 1.2 2009-05-01 -1.9 2009-06-01 -0.8 2009-07-01 -1.4 2009-08-01 -1.7 2009-09-01 1.1 2009-10-01 -0.2 2009-11-01 1.0 2009-12-01 1.2 2010-01-01 -0.4 2010-02-01 2.5 2010-03-01 -0.5 2010-04-01 0.8 2010-05-01 1.4 2010-06-01 2.1 2010-07-01 0.9 2010-08-01 0.7 2010-09-01 -1.9 2010-10-01 1.1 2010-11-01 -1.4 2010-12-01 3.0 2011-01-01 2.9 2011-02-01 0.3 2011-03-01 2.9 2011-04-01 0.5 2011-05-01 1.9 2011-06-01 0.0 2011-07-01 1.1 2011-08-01 1.6 2011-09-01 0.9 2011-10-01 0.5 2011-11-01 -1.3 2011-12-01 0.7 2012-01-01 -0.1 2012-02-01 2.0 2012-03-01 -1.2 2012-04-01 -1.2 2012-05-01 3.5 2012-06-01 0.2 2012-07-01 -0.5 2012-08-01 -1.1 2012-09-01 0.3 2012-10-01 0.8 2012-11-01 2.3 2012-12-01 0.0 2013-01-01 2.0 2013-02-01 0.2 2013-03-01 0.7 2013-04-01 -0.5 2013-05-01 -0.5 2013-06-01 0.0 2013-07-01 -0.1 2013-08-01 0.6 2013-09-01 1.5 2013-10-01 -0.6 2013-11-01 -0.6 2013-12-01 -1.2 2014-01-01 -1.3 2014-02-01 -1.1 2014-03-01 3.0 2014-04-01 1.8 2014-05-01 -1.1 2014-06-01 0.6 2014-07-01 0.7 2014-08-01 -0.7 2014-09-01 3.0 2014-10-01 2.0 2014-11-01 0.6 2014-12-01 1.2 2015-01-01 0.7 2015-02-01 -1.8 2015-03-01 1.8 2015-04-01 1.5 2015-05-01 -0.1 2015-06-01 1.4 2015-07-01 1.3 2015-08-01 -0.1 2015-09-01 -0.1 2015-10-01 -0.9 2015-11-01 -0.2 2015-12-01 0.7 2016-01-01 0.1 2016-02-01 0.4 2016-03-01 0.4 2016-04-01 -1.6 2016-05-01 0.6 2016-06-01 -0.6 2016-07-01 1.4 2016-08-01 1.4 2016-09-01 0.1 2016-10-01 -0.2 2016-11-01 0.8 2016-12-01 0.4 2017-01-01 2.7 2017-02-01 -1.8 2017-03-01 -0.3 2017-04-01 1.4 2017-05-01 0.1 2017-06-01 1.0 2017-07-01 -0.4 2017-08-01 1.0 2017-09-01 0.7 2017-10-01 -0.4 2017-11-01 -2.4 2017-12-01 0.9 2018-01-01 -0.2 2018-02-01 1.0 2018-03-01 -0.6 2018-04-01 -0.2 2018-05-01 0.4 2018-06-01 -0.1 2018-07-01 -0.9 2018-08-01 -0.2 2018-09-01 1.4 2018-10-01 0.2 2018-11-01 1.0 2018-12-01 1.3 2019-01-01 -0.4 2019-02-01 0.1 2019-03-01 -0.2 2019-04-01 1.1 2019-05-01 -0.3 2019-06-01 -0.3 2019-07-01 1.2 2019-08-01 0.4 2019-09-01 -1.3 2019-10-01 1.5 2019-11-01 0.6 2019-12-01 0.5 2020-01-01 0.7 2020-02-01 1.5 2020-03-01 -1.7 2020-04-01 -3.1 2020-05-01 0.1 2020-06-01 1.6 2020-07-01 0.9 2020-08-01 -0.3 2020-09-01 -0.2 2020-10-01 1.6 2020-11-01 0.2 2020-12-01 -1.7 2021-01-01 0.7 2021-02-01 -0.2 2021-03-01 0.7 2021-04-01 3.0 2021-05-01 3.1 2021-06-01 2.7 2021-07-01 0.2 2021-08-01 2.0 2021-09-01 0.3 2021-10-01 1.3 2021-11-01 2.7 2021-12-01 2.2 2022-01-01 1.9 2022-02-01 2.6 2022-03-01 3.0 2022-04-01 2.0 2022-05-01 2.3 2022-06-01 1.4 2022-07-01 0.0 2022-08-01 -0.2 2022-09-01 0.8 2022-10-01 -1.5 2022-11-01 0.5 2022-12-01 -0.7 2023-01-01 -1.6 2023-02-01 1.1 2023-03-01 -0.7 2023-04-01 0.9 2023-05-01 -2.2 2023-06-01 -1.5 2023-07-01 -1.6 2023-08-01 0.4 2023-09-01 1.2 2023-10-01 -0.4 2023-11-01 -1.6 2023-12-01 0.5 2024-01-01 0.0 2024-02-01 -0.5