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M release [III! *-f*4L RESERVE FEDERAL .••qfGov* REf. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 1962 G.?.4.1 DEPARTMENT STORE } DERCT'AFDISING DATA UNITED STATES - AUGUST 1962 Data n Selected. series, based on retail dollar amoui^bs) ^ ^ <JJ&r k>r cd; change Amount FCnrn Auaust?jfKom (In millions of dollars) feoepal reserve BAlto YfeahG' CHICA6Q Ausust August Sales l/ P 4/9 Stocks l/ pl,567 rl,466 Outstanding Orders Receipts 2/ New Orders 2/ Stocks to Sales •aercnana.Lti-LnK -id U-lvD —' 1957-61 average 1961 1962 July . August 1 July August | July August 1 3.5 3.1 r 3.1 3.5 p 3.3 3.7 Outstanding Orders to Sales p 1.4 1.8 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.7 Stocks plus Outstanding Orders to Sales | 1 I p 4.7 5-5 4.5 5.2 4.5 5.2 Receipts to Sales 2/ p 1.2 1.0 1.2 0.9 ! I | 1.2 1.0 p—Preliminary *— — , , , , 1/ Figures are based on the sample described in the note below and are presented here solely to permit comparisons with changes in orders and receipts. For mon y movements of total department store sales and stocks, refer to the regular mon i y sales report G.7.2 and stocks report G.7.4.2 or the Federal Reserve Bulletin. 2/ Receipts of goods are derived from the reported figures on sales and stoc s. New orders are derived from receipts and reported figures on outstanding orders. 3/ The first three ratios are of stocks and/or orders at the end of the month to sales during the month. The final ratio is based on totals of sales and receipts for the month. , ,, +^ Note-.--These figures are not estimates for all department stores m tne Unit .a States. They are the actual dollar amounts reported by a group of department stores located in various cities throughout the country. In 1961, sales by these stores accounted for about 45 per cent of the estimated total d e p a r t m e n t store sales. Figures for the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly the Bulletin. For description and back data, January 1939 to August 19 j2, see Federal Reserve Bulletin for October 1952, pp. 1098-1102. Back data may be obtained from the Board's Division of Research and Statistics.
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