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FEDERAL O? GOV// statistical mil R E S E R V E release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 9, 1963 G.7,4,2 MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS (Based on retail dollar amounts) November 1962 The department store stocks index at the end of November was off 1 point from the high of 120 (1957-59=100) reached in October. Stocks were up 7 per cent from November 1961, however. Federal Reserve District Index numbers (Average end-of-month stocks 1957-59=100) Seasonally adjusted Unadjusted 1962 1961 1961 1962 Nov. | Oct. Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. Percentage change Nov, 1962 from* Year Month ago ago Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland 116 119 113 116 116 118 114 118 114 rll2 rl08 113 137 138 133 138 134 134 131 135 135 rl30 rl26 133 0 0 0 - 2 + + + + Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis 121 123 122 119 119 125 124 117 138 rll3 110 • 144 113 136 116 135 135 140 135 133 130 rl28 126 131 + + 2 2 2 2 + 7 +12 + 8 + 3 111 pl08 pll3 pl28 113 111 113 129 108 rl09 rl05 rll7 129 pl26 P129 pl46 rl28 123 12 7 143 126 rl26 rll9 134 - 2 - 2 0 - 1 + 3 0 + 8 + 9 pll9 120 rll2 P137 135 rl29 - 1 + 7 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco United States 2 6 5 3 *—Based on seasonally adjusted indexes. p—Preliminary r—Revised Note:—Indexes are based on value of stocks at end of month. For description of the series see Federal Reserve Bulletin for July 1962, pp. 803-808. Back data may be obtained from the Division of Administrative Services. Indexes for the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly in the Bulletin, L T B S A R Y ^ ^^ 4 e,-t -S