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BOARD Of GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 0 FOR MEDIATE RELEASE Julyti<8ft$fty G.7,l|.l DEPART,ViENT STORE MERCHANDISING DATA **kE»* JUL 3 1 J95s UNITED STATES - JUNE 1958 (Selected s e r i e s , based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Amount Per cent change June .from (In m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s ) Month Year 1958 1957 June | May June May ago ago # # Sales 1 / P Stocks 1/ pi,230 Outstanding orders P i|80 319 Receipts 2/ P New Orders 2 / p iill Wi9 - 9 - 2 1,257 1,350 - 6 - 2 r 523 35U +5o - 8 32b 1*05 r 318 U19 -20 + 2 U85 UlU r i;87 1*31 +17 0 koz ai r 1,308 Mercihandising Ratios 3 / • • 1953-57 Average June May 2.9 3.0 Stocks t o Sales 1958 June j May p 3.1 3.0 Outstanding Orders to Sales p 1.2 0.7 1.3 0.8 1.2 0.8 Stocks plus Outstanding Orders to Sales P lw3 3.7 U.3 3.8 U.i 3.8 Receipts to Sales 2/ p 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 June 3.1 1957 May 3.0 p—Preliminary. r—Revised. 1 / Figures are based on t h e sample described in the note below and are presented Here s o l e l y t o permit comparisons with changes in orders and r e c e i p t s . For monthly movements of t o t a l department s t o r e s a l e s and s t o c k s , r e f e r t o the r e g u l a r monthly s a l e s r e p o r t G.7.2 and stocks r e p o r t G.7 »k*2 or the Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n . 2/ Receipts of goods are derived from the reported f i g u r e s on s a l e s and s t o c k s . Hew orders are derived frcm r e c e i p t s and reported f i g u r e s on outstanding o r d e r s . 3 / The f i r s t t h r e e r a t i o s are of stocks and/or orders a t the end of the month t o s a l e s during t h e month. The f i n a l r a t i o i s based on t o t a l s of s a l e s and r e c e i p t s f o r the month. Note:—These f i g u r e s are not estimates f o r a l l department s t o r e s in the United S t a t e s . They are t h e a c t u a l d o l l a r amounts r e p o r t e d by a group of department s t o r e s l o c a t e d i n various c i t i e s throughout the country. In 1957, s a l e s by these s t o r e s accounted f o r about U5 per cent of the estimated t o t a l department s t o r e sales. Figures f o r the most recent thirteen-month period are shown r e g u l a r l y i n the B u l l e t i n . For d e s c r i p t i o n and back data, January 1939 to August 1952, see F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r October 1952, pp. 1098-1102. Back data may be obtained from the Board's Division of Research and S t a t i s t i c s .
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