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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Ge7 »i|*2 -A. ,J / x FdTf'sdii^kTE RELEASE February 2, 1955 > n ^ rtB 3 195S , ,.:3 MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r a m o u n t s P ^ M t . r & DECEMBER 1954 Department s t o r e stocks a t the end of December were s l i g h t l y lower than i n r e c e n t months a f t e r allowance f o r t h e usual seasonal change. The a d j u s t e d index i s e s t i m a t e d a t 123 per cent of the 1947-49 average, compared with 124 f o r November and an index of 122 f o r the y e a r . ^ Federal Reserve district Index numbers Percentage change (average end-of-month stocks 1947-49=100) December 1954 from Seasonally act j u s t e d Unadjusted Month Year u6k 19b3 19hk 19^3 ago ago uec. Dec. Nov* Nov. Dec. Dec. Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland 117 113 120 P119 118 113 118 115 112 113 117 121 110 103 106 pio5 138 129 134 130 105 10k 103 106 -20 -20 -21 -19 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis P137 143 122 105 145 144 122 116 rl32 lit 2 122 118 pl20 126 111 103 152 160 140 127 rll6 125 111 104 -22 -22 -21 -18 + + Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco 118 131 pl31 129 120 132 129 130 111 133 rl28 129 107 116 P119 107 133 146 143 mi 101 117 rll7 108 -19 -21 -17 -24 + P123 124 123 pllO 139 109 -21 + United S t a t e s + + - - — 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. l)|631515. Indexes f o r t h e most r e c e n t thirteen-month p e r i o d are 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 are based on unadjusted indexes * 5 0 3 2 3 1 0 1 ' 6 1 2 0 1
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