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Inventories/Sales Ratios (Retail)

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-001000

The inventories / sales ratios show the relationship of the end-of-month values of inventory to the monthly sales. These ratios can be looked at as indications of the number of months of inventory that are on hand in relation to the sales for a month. For example, a ratio of 2.5 would indicate that the retail stores have enough merchandise on hand to cover two and a half months of sales.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-001000
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001000",
  "term": "Inventories/Sales Ratios (Retail)",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "The inventories / sales ratios show the relationship of the end-of-month values of inventory to the monthly sales. These ratios can be looked at as indications of the number of months of inventory that are on hand in relation to the sales for a month. For example, a ratio of 2.5 would indicate that the retail stores have enough merchandise on hand to cover two and a half months of sales.",
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/inventories-sales-ratios-retail/"
}

Record 1,000 of 2,177 in Economic statistics terminology (MLC-0116). Request the full dataset.