357.8 365.1 377.6 Ratio of private inventories to final sales of domestic business Private inventories to final sales 2.14 2.12 2.12 2.13 2.12 2.10 Nonfarm inventories to final sales 1.99 1.96 1.96 1.98 1.98 1.95 Nonfarm inventories to final sales of goods and structures 3.61 3.56 3.57 3.60 3.60 3.54 1.
Inventories are as of the end of the quarter.
The latter is the change in the physical volume of inventories valued at average prices of the quarter. In addition, changes calculated from this table are at quarterly rates, whereas, the change in private inventories is stated at annual rates. Quarterly totals at monthly rates. Final sales of domestic business equals final sales of domestic product less gross product of households and institutions and of general government, and it includes a small amount of final sales by farm and by government enterprises.