
Motor vehicles are a major component of overall advance retail sales, accounting for twenty-six percent of the overall total for the month of August.
| Advance Retail Sales of Motor Vehicles | Jul-02 | Aug-02 |
|---|---|---|
| Value of advance sales (millions of dollars) | 69,678 | 71,208 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | 4.34 | 2.20 |
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 Bureau's full retail sales sample.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, as of Sept. 13, 2002, available at: http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/adseries.html