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t ' S / > * January 5, 195U iirAK'iwJMX 51 una dtuuivd jam ' (Based on r e t a i l value f i g u r e g ^ ^ E * Department s t o r e stocks a t the end of November showed l i t t l e change from the October l e v e l , a f t e r allowance f o r t h e usual seasonal change. The seasonally a d j u s t e d index f o r November i s estimated a t 127 per cent of t h e 19k7-h9 average, compared with 122 f o r t h e same month last year. Indexes (19hl-h9 Fedetal Reserve district Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Seasonally a d j u s t e d 1952 1953 Oct. Nov. Nov. Unadjusted 1952 1953 Nov. | Oct. Nov* 112 rllU 115 133 13U 132 137 136 132 130 rl39 137 131 rl31 131 128 li|2 1U8 126 12U 139 1U3 118 122 151 Pl65 1U3 132 153 161 139 138 1U7 158 136 133 115 P138 P137 133 118 138 139 132 111 126 131 131 128 Pl53 pi52 lUU 126 lU9 15'2 1U8 123 1U0 rlU5 Pl2? 128 122 pli|2 Ibl 115 115 120 121 117 116 rl22 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis lltU piU9 12U 121 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco United S t a t e s = 100) 12h Ihl 137 Percentage change from l o r ith a i50 Year ago 2 2 1 1 + + + + 3 1 5 6 1 + 2 + 2 — 5 + + + - 3 U 5 1 2 + 3 0 3 + + + + U 9 U 2 + + — - mm* + 0 + h p—Preliminary* '" r—Revised. 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 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. 1h&31515« Indexes f o r the most r e c e n t thlrteen-month p e r i o d are shown regularly in the Bulletin.