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DATA FILE R E F E R E N C E LIBRARY n '»:Jo FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO BOARD OF G O V E R N C ^ - # L T i ^ l S & A L RESERVE SYSTEM SANK OF UHiCriutr G.7.4.2 FOR BMED1ATE RELEASE February 3 , 1956 MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) DECEMBER 1955 The v a l u e of department s t o r e s t o c k s i n c r e a s e d f u r t h e r i n December a f t e r allowance f o r t h e u s u a l s e a s o n a l change. The a d j u s t e d i n d e x i s e s t i m a t e d a t 135 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 131 f o r November. Stocks a t t h e end of 1955 were 8 p e r c e n t g r e a t e r t h a n a y e a r e a r l i e r . F e d e r a l Reserve District Index Numbers P e r c e n t a g e change (average end-of-month s t o c k s 1947-49=100) December 1955 fror Seasonally adjusted Unadjusted Month Year 1955 1954 1955 i 1954 ago ago Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. | Nov. 126 121 131 124 123 119 rl2 8 119 119 rll5 121 117 117 110 115 110 144 136 rl47 135 Ill rl05 107 104 -19 -19 -22 -18 + + + + Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis Pl58 Pl56 127 133 154 159 123 130 1UU 144 rl21 118 pl32 P137 115 120 167 180 142 147 120 127 rl09 106 -21 -24 -19 -19 + 9 + 8 + 6 +13 Minneapolis Kansas C i t y Dallas San F r a n c i s c o 13 4 145 Pi57 plii2 128 li|2 149 137 119 rl31 139 rl29 120 131 pl42 pll9 142 • 157 165 151 107 117 rl25 108 -16 -17 —.14 -21 +12 +11 +13 +10 pi35 131 rl25 pll9 148 110 -19 + 8 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland United S t a t e s 6 5 8 5 p—Preliminary. r—Revised. N o t e : — I n d e x e s 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 i n d e x e s 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 . P e r c e n t a g e changes a r e based on u n a d j u s t e d i n d e x e s .
