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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM IBM• p RELEASE August 2 , 1956 1956 G.7.U.2 DATA FILE REFERENCE LIBRARY FEDERAL «t*St«V£ S A N K OF CHICACO MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts], LUv.'vxL KfciihKVt SANK OF CHICAGO JUNE 1956 S e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d department s t o r e s a l e s i n c r e a s e d i n June, n e a r l y e q u a l i n g t h e r e c o r d l e v e l reached e a r l y t h i s y e a r . The a d j u s t e d index i s e s t i m a t e d a t 137 p e r c e n t of t h e 1947-49 a v e r a g e , compared w i t h 134 f o r May and 128 a y e a r ago. W Federal Reserve District Index Numbers (average end-of-month s t o c k s 1947-49=100) Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted 1.956 1955 1956 1955 June June: | May June June May 131 126 134 12U 128 123 rl29 121 124 115 124 116 122 118 126 118 132 127 rl34 126 115 108 116 110 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis pl62 pl62 131 138 156 160 130 135 rl44 151 rl25 126 Pl57 pl52 123 127 165 161 131 135 rl40 142 rll7 116 Minneapolis Kansas C i t y Dallas San F r a n c i s c o 128 pia pl56 pl42 126 143 154 138 123 rl37 rl47 rl31 121 P138 Pl45 P143 128 145 155 148 116 131 rl37 rl32 pl37 134 rl28 P131 139 rl22 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland United S t a t e s Percentage change June 1956 from r M onth ago - - 8 7 6 7 _ 5 _ — - - Year ago + + + + 5 9 8 7 6 7 6 +13 + 7 + 5 + 9 5 5 6 4 + + + + 6 + 7 5 5 6 8 p—Preliminary. r—Revised. Note:—Indexes a r e based on v a l u e of s t o c k s a t end of month. For d e s c r i p t i o n and monthly indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d January 1919 t o October 1951 see F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r December 1951, p p . 1463-1515• Indexes 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 . Percentage changes a r e based on u n a d j u s t e d i n d e x e s . #
