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6 K G.7.U9I CW C u0 ^ ^ ^ r d of GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE ^ DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS IN DECEMBER 1952 (Based on r e t a i l value f i g u r e s ) ^ F e b % $ M % 1953 O Department s t o r e stocks a t t h e end of December were s l i g h t l y lower than a t t h e end of November, a f t e r allowance f o r t h e usual seasonal change. The s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d index f o r t h e month stands at 119% of t h e 191+7-1+9 average, compared with 120 f o r November and 119 f o r December a year ago. Federal Reserve district Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Percentage change — from Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted , Month , Year ; 1951 . ago 1952 | 1951 1952 ago Dec. i Dec. 1 Nov. | Dec. ! Dec. j Nov. i 108 - 1+ -21 110 Ill 10it 131 115 102 128 rl05 -21 111 111 rlll+ - 3 100 120 -21+ 105 131 113 ilk - 5 - 6 101+ 128 112 118 98 113 -23 Indexes (191+7-1+9 = 100) Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis 132 142 pllit 128 132 136 118 130 rl28 133 117 119 116 12l+ pl06 112 1U8 153 136 11+3 rll2 116 109 105 -22 -19 -22 -21 + + + 3 7 2 7 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San F r a n c i s c o pl08 pl2l+ P131 126 111 121+ 130 127 106 121 rl2l+ 119 P 99 pill plZO 112 123 11+0 11+6 ll+l 97 108 rlll+ 106 -19 -21 -17 -20 + + + + 2 3 5 6 P119 120 119 pl08 136 rl07 -21 United S t a t e s 0 p—Preliminary. r—Revised, N o t e I n d e x e s and percentage changes are based on value 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 Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r December 1951, pp. 11+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 regularly in the Bulletin.
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