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FED ERA of GOVfc • R E S E R V E # :*+i R t ^ . G.7.4.2 F m DMEDllTff RE^EASI December 9, 19^3 I J B R A R Y STOCKS MONTHLY DEPARTMENT' (Based on retail"dollar amounts) OCTOBER 1963 Department store inventories advanced to an all time record high in October. After adjusting for the usual seasonal influences, the index for the month is estimated at 128 (1957-59=100), up 4 points from last month and up 8 points over October a year earlier. Federal Reserve District Percentage Index numbers change Oct. (Average end-of-month stocks 1957-59=100) 1963 from* Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted Year 1962 Month 1963 1962 1963 ago ago Oct. Oct. Sent. Oct. Sept. Oct. + + + + + + + + 6 5 2 9 123 124 116 129 119 120 rll4 126 116 118 rll3 118 143 141 134 148 129 126 rl21 135 134 134 131 135 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis 124 p!30 132 122 118 126 129 121 119 rl24 124 117 140 pl45 144 139 127 133 137 129 rl34 rl39 135 133 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 4 4 * + 7 + 4 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco P 122 pl24 pll9 p!39 122 120 115 133 115 111 113 129 P139 pl37 P135 P154 129 125 122 139 130 123 127 143 0 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 6 +11 + 6 + 8 pl28 124 120 pl44 131 135 + 3 + 7 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland United States 3 4 1 2 *—Based on seasonally adjusted indexes. p—Preliminary r—Revised Note:—Indexes are based on value of stocks at end of month. For description of the series see Federal Reserve Bulletin for July 19&2, pp. 803-808. Back data may be obtained from the Division of Administrative Services. Indexes for the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly in the Bulletin. # ,
