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/" z BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM frl&Y FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 29, 1954 UAU H l l REFERENCE UBRAhi NOV 3 0 1954 c'tDEHM RESERVE 8 ^ UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 1954 fHULKAL RfcSERVE of OH'.r.Ana BANK O F CHICAGO S e l e c t e d s e r i e s , based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts Amount Percent change (In m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s ) October from xyjpj • * • Month Xear 1954 wD6pt/ # Sept. ago Oct. ago Oct. DEPARTMENT STORE MERCHANDISING DATA 444 393 + 9 - 2 1,184 rl,305 1,213 + 7 - 3 477 486 462 492 - 2 + 3 P 521 489 r 536 464 + 7 - 3 P 512 510 r 506 464 0 + 1 Sales 1 / P 437 400 Stocks 1 / pl,268 Outstanding o r d e r s P Receipts 2/ New orders 2/ r Merchandising Ratios 3 / Oct. 1954 Sept. Oct. 1953 Sept. 1949-53 Average Sept. Oct. Stocks t o Sales p2.9 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.9 2.9 Outstanding Orders t o Sales pl.l 1.2 rl.O 1.3 1.3 1.5 Stocks p l u s Outstanding Orders t o S a l e s p4.o 4.2 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.4 Receipts to S a l e s 2/ pi.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 p—Preliminary. r—Revised. 1 / Figures are based on t h e sample described in the note below and are p r e sented here s o l e l y t o permit comparisons with changes i n 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 to t h e 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 . 4 . 2 , or t h e F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n . 2/ Receipts of goods are derived from the 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 . Hew orders are 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 outstanding orders, 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 t h e 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 a r e not e s t i m a t e s f o r a l l department s t o r e s i n t h e United 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 department s t o r e s l o c a t e d i n various c i t i e s throughout t h e country. In 1953, s a l e s by t h e s e s t o r e s accounted f o r about 50 per cent of estimated t o t a l department s t o r e s a l e s . Figures f o r the most recent thirteen-month period a r e 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 d a t a , January 1939 to August 1952, see Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r October 1952, pp. 1098-1102. Back http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ d a t a may be obtained from the Board's Division of Research and S t a t i s t i c s . Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
