ADVANCE RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES
ADVANCE RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Advance Retail Sales of Motor Vehicles (monthly data, seasonally adjusted)
Motor vehicles are a major component of overall advance retail sales, accounting for twenty-four percent of the overall total for the month of October.
| Advance Retail Sales of Motor Vehicles | Sep-02 | Oct-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Value of advance sales (millions of dollars) | 66,942 | 65,558 |
| Percent change from previous month | -5.48 | -2.07 |
NOTE: Advance retail sales are advance estimates of monthly retail trade produced by the Bureau of the Census. The advance estimates are based on a small subsample of the Census Bureaus full retail sales sample.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, as of Nov. 14, 2002, available at: http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/adseries.html