U.S. Department of Commerce
Economics and Statistics Administration
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
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Issued May 2002
BW/01-A
Current Business Reports
A Detailed Summary for Wholesale Sales,
Inventories, and Purchases
Annual Benchmark Report for
Wholesale Trade: January 1992
Through February 2002
Anne S. Russell, Assistant Division Chief
for Service Sector Statistics Division’s
Retail and Wholesale Indicator Programs,
provided general direction in preparing
this report. Scott Scheleur, Chief, Retail
and Wholesale Indicators Branch, super-
vised the planning, implementation, and
compilation of this report with assistance
from Maggie Anderson, Janet Andreas,
Mark Govoni, Howard Krakower, Jan
Lattimore, Betty McQueen, Eddie Moy,
Edward Murphy, Danielle Murrie-
Robinson, Linda Olds, Sylvia Owens,
and Brian Schwartz.
Ruth E. Detlefsen, Assistant Division
Chief for Research and Methodology,
directed the development of the sample
design and statistical methodology.
Jock R. Black, Chief, Program Research
and Development Branch, supervised the
development of sample design, estima-
tion, and variance estimation methods,
with assistance from Maria C. Cruz,
William C. Davie Jr., Jacklyn R. Jonas,
David L. Kinyon, and Kelly M.
Shaffrey.
Carol S. King, Chief, Statistical Methods
Branch, supervised the development of the
frame construction, birth sampling,
sample control, imputation, and quality
control procedures with assistance from
James Burton, Michael McElhatten,
James W. Hunt, and Tameka Johnson.
Michael Shimberg developed the bench-
mark estimates for this publication.
Howard Hogan, Chief of Economic Statis-
tical Methods and Programming Division
and Deborah Lee Tasky, Assistant Divi-
sion Chief, for Annual Surveys and Related
Programs and Acting Assistant Division
Chief for Current Indicators Programs,
directed the development of the computer
programs. Ronald M. Catzva, Chief, Ser-
vice Sector Statistics Division’s Indicators
Branch, directed the implementation of
monthly programs with assistance from
Phill