Federal Reserve Economic Data

Retailers: Inventories to Sales Ratio (RETAILIRSA)

Observation:

Sep 2024: 1.33 (+ more)   Updated: Nov 15, 2024 9:01 AM CST
Sep 2024:  1.33  
Aug 2024:  1.33  
Jul 2024:  1.32  
Jun 2024:  1.33  
May 2024:  1.31  
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Units:

Ratio,
Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly,
End of Period

NOTES

Source: U.S. Census Bureau  

Release: Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales  

Units:  Ratio, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly, End of Period

Notes:

The inventories to sales ratios show the relationship of the end-of-month values of inventory to the monthly sales. These ratios can be looked at as indications of the number of months of inventory that are on hand in relation to the sales for a month. For example, a ratio of 2.5 would indicate that the retail stores have enough merchandise on hand to cover two and a half months of sales.

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Census Bureau, Retailers: Inventories to Sales Ratio [RETAILIRSA], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RETAILIRSA, .

RELEASE TABLES

Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales

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