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-five percent of the overall total for the month of January.
| Advance Retail Sales of Motor Vehicles | Dec-01 | Jan-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Value of advance sales of automobiles and other motor vehicles (in millions) | 69,917 | 66,405 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | -1.40 | -5.02 |
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 Census, as of Feb. 13, 2002, available at: http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/adseries.html