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-six percent of the overall total for the month of December.
| Advance Retail Sales of Motor Vehicles | Nov-01 | Dec-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Value of advance sales of automobiles and other motor vehicles (in millions) | 70,872 | 70,745 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | -11.02 | -0.18 |
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 Jan. 16, 2002, available at: http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/adseries.html