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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM G.7.U.2 MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS "(Based on retail dollar amounts) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 1956 IBRARY APRIL 1956 L Department store stocks, which declined-g in March, increased slightly in April aMtWrAllowance for the usual seasonal change. index for the month is estimated at of the 19U7-ii9 average, compared with and 12k for April last year. The value of stocks at the end of April was 10 per cent greater than a year ago. Percentage change Index Numbers (average end-of-month stocks 19U7-U9=100) April 1956 from Un ad jus tec Seasonally adjusted Year • Month 1955 1956 | 1955 I 1956 ago ago Apr. Apr. | Mar. J Apr. Apr. Mar. Federal Reserve District 125 119 12U 119 i + 2 + 6 + 9 +12 + 8 pl68 172 13U 143 l61t 169 130 mo rl5U 155 123 126 2 i 1 +2 2 i +2 +10 +11 + 8 +13 i 132 i pl5l ; pl60 i plU9 13U 153 162 1U2 118 rl38 rlU7 12U ; plh2 139 rl30 ; i ; | 128 12U 131 123 127 122 rl30 122 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis ;pi5? | 165 | 131 t 136 159 162 128 132 1UU 119 R121 120 ; • ; i Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco : 127 ipiU5 ;pl52 pilt3 130 1U8 156 1U2 113 rl33 rlUO rl29 1 pl36 135 United States +3 +U +U 129 125 rl3U 126 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland 121 133 rllU : 130 llo • lUo 113 : 129 rl3h ,+ | + I ' ' | | 1 1 ""1 +It +12 +10 + 8 +11 +3 +10 -» 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 1919 to October 1951 see Federal Reserve Bulletin for December 1951* pp. Iu63-l5l5» Indexes for the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly in the Bulletin. Percentage changes are based on unadjusted indexes.
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