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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM G.7.4.2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, I960. -x MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS (Based on retail dollar amounts) ^ — R ^Aly 1959 % Department store stocks increased 1 per cent^fif/^^/rw November and were 5 per cent above the year-ago level. The^Qy seasonally adjusted index for November is estimated at 160 per cent of the 1947-49 average compared with 158 in October and 152 in November 1958, Federal Reserve District Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Index numbers (Average end-of-month stocks 1947-49=100) Seasonally adjusted Unadjusted 1959 1958 1959 1958 Nov, Oct. Nov. Nov. Oct. Nov, Percentage change Nov. 1959 j :rcm* Month Year ago ago 145 145 160 142 145 rl44 rl59 139 142 140 rl55 130 170 167 184 160 164 rl62 rl83 156 166 l6l rl79 147 0 + 2 + 1 4 4 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 9 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis P 183 p223 149 142 180 225 151 145 180 207 143 137 p207 P 252 170 162 205 245 167 163 r204 234 163 153 + - 2 1 2 2 + 1 + 8 4 4 + 4 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco 150 pl64 p!87 P175 ri.47 160 185 162 140 166 172 rl6l 169 pl82 P 206 p!96 rl63 174 203 182 159 rl85 rl89 rl8l + + + + 2 3 l 8 + + + pl60 158 rl52 pl82 177 173 United States + 1 + 5 * Based on seasonally adjusted indexes. p—Preliminary. r—Revised. Note:—Indexes are based on value of stocks at end of month. For description and monthly indexes for the period January 1947 to October 1957 see Federal Reserve Bulletin for December 1957, pp. 1323-1352. Indexes prior to 1947 may be obtained from the Division of Research and Statistics. Indexes for the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly in the Bulletin. 7 2 9 8
