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-4- <br /> -The Business Sector- <br /> -Business Inventories and Sales- <br /> Billions of$ <br /> Inventories Sales Inv- <br /> Whole- Whole- sales <br /> 2008 Total +l-% Mfg Retail sale Total +l-% Mfg Retail sale ratio <br /> Jun 1490.9 0.8 556 500 435 1213.5 1.7 455 346 412 1.23 <br /> Jul 1507.8 1.1 559 507 442 ! 1214.3 0.1 462 343 409 1.24 <br /> Aug ! 1510.7 0.2 563 503 445 1192.3 - 2.2 446 340 402 1.27 <br /> Sep , 1505.3 -0.4 558 504 442 1164.3 -2.4 431 334 394 1.30 <br /> Oct 1495.7 -0.6 555 503 438 1118.7 -3.9 416 322 376 1.34 <br /> Nov 1485.1 -0.7 553 497 435 1057.0 - 5.1 394 314 349 1.41 <br /> -Durable Goods- <br /> Shipments, New Orders and Unfilled Orders <br /> Billions of$-Seasonally Adjusted <br /> New Unfilled <br /> 2008 Shi I ments orders orders <br /> Jun 216.6 216.6 818.0 <br /> Jul 218.2 218.2 824.2 <br /> Aug 206.2 206.1 826.5 <br /> Sep 206.0 206.0 828.2 <br /> Oct 201.1 188.5 820.7 <br /> Nov 192.8 181.0 812.9 <br /> Dec 190.8r 175.6r 801.9r <br /> -Institute for Supply Management- <br /> Diffusion Indices-SA <br /> Manufacturing Non-Manufacturing <br /> Purchasing Business <br /> Managers' Index Activity <br /> Mo I Index Index <br /> -2008- <br /> Jun 50.2 48.2 <br /> Jul 50.0 49.5 <br /> Aug 49.9 50.6 <br /> Sep 43.5 50.2 <br /> Oct 38.9 44.4 <br /> Nov 36.2 37.3 <br /> Dec 32.4 40.6 <br /> -2009- <br /> Jan 35.6 42.9 <br /> • <br />