[Marxism] numbers

[S. Artesian]

Sales. The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that March 2009 sales of 
merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers' sales branches and offices,after 
adjustment for seasonal variations and trading-day differences but not for 
price changes, were $310.9 billion, down 2.4 percent (+/-0.7%) from the 
revised February level and were down 18.1 percent (+/-1.2%) from the March 
2008 level. The February preliminary estimate was revised downward $1.2 
billion or 0.4 percent. March sales of durable goods were down 3.3 percent 
(+/-1.2%) from last month and were down 19.6 percent
(+/-1.8%) from a year ago. Sales of metals and minerals, except petroleum, 
were down 10.6 percent from last month and sales of electrical and 
electronic goods were down 5.9 percent. Sales of nondurable goods were down 
1.6 percent (+/-0.7%) from last month and were down 16.9 percent (+/-1.6%) 
from last year.

http://www2.census.gov/wholesale/pdf/mwts/currentwhl.