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u c ,xC 0 ^ ° • .o0 OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE A f t v DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS IN FEBRUARY: (Based on r e t a i l value f i g u r e s ) A^t) o p£, ApHZ 1, 1953 U$3 At the end. of February, department s t o r e stocks ^ p r e / f ^ j x per cent higher than a year ago but were l i t t l e changed from the end of JamW;sO/Pi^4Sg/^as.onally adjusted b a s i s . The adjusted index f o r February i s 122, compared for January and 115 f o r February 1952. Federal Reserve district Indexes (19ii7-l9 - 100) Seasonally a d j u s t e d Unadjusted 1953 1952 1952. 1953 Feb. Jan. Feb. | Jan. Feb. Feb. Percentage change from Month ago Year agO Boston New York Philadelphia |pieve land pill 110 115 pH3 113 11U 116 11U 112 rl06 113 110 pl08 107 112 P3L12 103 101 101 loit 107 rl03 111 109 + 5 + 6 +12 + 8 + 1 + h + 1 + 2 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis 136 plUO 118 125 lUU IliO 117 130 rl25 129 113 112 133 P139 115 122 127 126 109 113 rl22 128 111 109 + 5 +10 + 6 + 8 + 9 + 9 + h +12 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco Pill Pl29 P133 131 111 127 135 132 102 122 122 123 pill P 128 p l 31 125 105 118 122 119 99 121 rl21 117 + + + + 6 8 8 5 +11 + 6 + 9 + 7 pl22 123 rll5 pii9 111 rll2 + 7 + 6 United S t a t e s p—Preliminary. r—Revised. Note:—Indexes and percentage changes are based on value of stocks a t end of month. For d e s c r i p t i o n and monthly indexes f o r the period January 1919 to October 1951 see Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r December 1951, pp. IJ463l 5 l 5 . Indexes f o r the most r e c e n t 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 .
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