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• BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM G.7.4.2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 1959. n v \ K ^ y-kU't MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS (Based on retail dollar amounts) /. m i l 9 5 9 — Seasonally adjusted department store stodkg^^ " i z g Qwere unchanged in May with the index estimated at ^ April level of 151 per cent of the 1947-49 average. ^ C ^GO Federal Reserve District ) Index numbers (Average end-of-month stocks 1947-49=100) Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted 1958 1959 1958 1959. May May 1 Apr. May May 1 Aor. Percentage change May rrom 1959 J Month Year' ago ago 138 136 156 128 138 138 155 127 133 133 rl49 128 141 140 160 132 144 143 166 133 135 136 rl52 131 0 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St, Louis 172 p200 140 143 175 201 142 141 169 191 133 140 173 p202 145 143 184 211 150 149 170 193 137 140 2 1 1 + 2 + + + + 1 5 6 3 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco 136 Pl54 P177 Pl67 rl38 rl51 174 166 133 146 164 rl53 135 Pl55 Pl75 pl66 rl40 158 181 169 132 148 rl62 rl52 1 + 2 + 2 + 1 + + + + 2 5 8 9 P151 151 144 Pl53 158 146 0 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland United States - - — + 3 : + 5 0 + 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.
