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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM G.7.U.1 L DATA RLE REFERENCE LIBRARY i m m t ™ 1956 F E D E R A L R E S E R # # # | A M T STORE MEECHANDISING DA#,R O f CHICAGO UNITED STATES - JANUARY 1956fED£RAL RtSLKVE BANK OF CHICAGO S e l e c t e d s e r i e s , b a s e d on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts Per c e n t change Amount J a n u a r y from ( I n m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s ) Year Month 1954 1956 1955 ago ago Dec, Jan. Jan. Dec. 340 774 -58 + 2 rl,0U8 1,067 - 1 + 8 386 299 +21 +12 r 321 514 -37 + 6 r hO 8 407 + 1 + 2 r Sales 1/ P 347 817 Stocks 1 / pi,132 1,139 Outstanding orders p 432 357 r Receipts 2/ P 340 511 New o r d e r s 2 / P 415 111 Merchandising R a t i o s 3 / Dec. j Jan. Dec. 1951-55 1950-54 average average Dec. Jan. 1956 Jan. 1954 1955 Stocks t o S a l e s P3.3 1.4 3.1 1.4 3.1 1.5 Outstanding Orders to Sales pi. 2 o.U 1.1 o.U 1.4 0.5 Stocks plus Outstanding Orders t o S a l e s P4.5 1.8 4.2 1.8 4.5 1.9 Receipts to Sales 2/ pl.O 0.7 r0.9 0.7 1.0 0.6 p—Preliminary! ~ r—Revised. 1 / F i g u r e s a r e b a s e d on t h e sample d e s c r i b e d i n t h e n o t e below and a r e p r e s e n t e d h e r e s o l e l y t o p e r m i t comparisons w i t h changes i n o r d e r s and r e c e i p t s . For m o n t h l y movements of t o t a l d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e s a l e s and s t o c k s , r e f e r t o t h e r e g u l a r m o n t h l y s a l e s r e p o r t G . 7 . 2 and s t o c k s r e p o r t G . 7 . 4 . 2 , or t h e F e d e r a l Reserve B u ] l e t i r u 2/ R e c e i p t s of goods a r e d e r i v e d from t h e r e p o r t e d f i g u r e s on s a l e s and s t o c k s . New o r d e r s a r e d e r i v e d from r e c e i p t s and r e p o r t e d f i g u r e s on o u t s t a n d i n g o r d e r s . 3 / The f i r s t t h r e e r a t i o s a r e of s t o c k s a n d / o r o r d e r s a t t h e end of t h e month t o s a l e s d u r i n g t h e month. The f i n a l r a t i o i s b a s e d 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 1 ;--These f i g u r e s a r e n o t e s t i m a t e s f o r a l l d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . They a r e 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 d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e s l o c a t e d i n v a r i o u s c i t i e s t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y . I n 1955# s a l e s by t h e s e s t o r e s a c c o u n t e d f o r a b o u t $0 p e r c e n t of e s t i m a t e d t o t a l d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e s a l e s . F i g u r e s f o r t h e most r e c e n t t h i r t e e n - m o n t h p e r i o d a r e shown r e g u l a r l y i n t h e B u l l e t i n . F o r d e s c r i p t i o n and back d a t a , J a n u a r y 1939 t o August 1952, s e e F e d e r a l R e s e r v e B u l l e t i n f o r October 1952, p p . 1098-1102. Back d a t a may be o b t a i n e d from t h e B o a r d ' s D i v i s i o n of R e s e a r c h and S t a t i s t i c s ,