ECONOMIC

TABLE B-15.—Inventories and final sales of business, 1946-76[Billions of dollars, except as noted; seasonally adjusted]Inventories IInventory-finalsales ratioYear andquarterTotalFarmNonfarmWholesaletradeRetailtradeOtherFinalsales 2TotalTotalnonfarmManufacturingNonfarm'Fourth quarter:194619471948194973.786.990.681.021.825.823.419.551.961.167.261.426.731.834.831.09.610.611.310.911.914.116.115.03.74.64.94.4192.0219.6235.7234.60.384.396.384.3450.270.278.285.26219501951195219531954 ..98.8112.1109.4110.1107.224.226.523.121 620.574.685.686.388.586.737.446.247.349.347.013.414.014.014.214.518.619.218.819.519.75.26.26.25.55.6259.8295.6313.3325.8330.1.380.379.349.338.325.287.290.275.272.26319551956 .195719581959 ..112.1121.8126.7128.9132.317.618.320.924.923.694.6103.5105.8103.9108.751.457.557.956.057.515.616.716.916.918.021.922.924.024.125.35.66.46.96.98.0356.5377.0392.7405.0426.7.315.323.323.318.310.265.274.269.257.2551960196119621963 ..1964136.2138 4145 2151 5157.624.825 026 626.925.7111.3113 4118.6124.6131.858.159.562.564.868.518.419.019.721.222.326.826.327.929.431.18.18.78.69.29.9442.1465.3492.7524.2553.1.308.297.295.289.285.252.244.241.238.2381965 ...1966196719681969172.7189.1202 2215.3236.229.728.929 230.433.4143.0160.2173.0184.9202.873.783.491.197.4107.124.027.229.230.933.834.438.039.242.245.910.911.613.514.416.1610.7647.5688.0757.6804.5.283.292.294.284.294.234.247.251.244.2521970 . . . .197119721973197419751976 v244.2261.9288 6355 8428.0426.8462.131.736.844 666.261.763.361.1212.5225.1243.9289.6366.3363.5401.0110.8113.6120.4143.6188.7188.5206.336.839.443.652.867.064.772.547.152.958.066.876.374.782.617.719.221.826.434.435.639.5839.4915.21,019.91,120.51, 210.11, 344.71,466.3.291.286.283.318.354.317.315.253.246.239.258.303.270.2731974:1II.Ill .IV374.6392.0419.9428.064.759.265.961.7309.9332.7354.0366.3155.7170.0182.3188.757.261.264.967.068.470.774.076.328.630.932.834.4l f 143.51,170.81, 202.31, 210.1.328.335.349.354.271.284.294.3031975:1IIIIIIV419 0417.7426.8426.858.563.266.363.3360.5354.5360.5363.5187.7184.8186.4188.566.064.165.064.773.272.375.074.733.633.334.135.61,238.51, 276.41,308.81,344.7.338.327.326.317.291.278.275.2701976-1IIIIIIV p ..434.9445.4452.9462.164.265.462.361.1370.7380.0390.6401.0190.6194.7199.7206.366.669.070.472.577.279.482.282.636.336.938.339.51,365.91, 399.51,428.01,466.3.318.318.317.315.271.272.274.2731 End of quarter.2 Annual rates.» Ratio based on total final sales, which include a small amount of final sales by farms.Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.204