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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 0.7.4.2 June 5, 1959. DATA FILE •*#$ MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS (Based on retail dollar amounts) F ERD £ " L R EIEHV E B" N X /> APRIL 1959 OF CHICAGO Seasonally adjusted department store stocks ^/t increased 2 per cent in April, and were 6 per cent ^ 6 above April 1958. The April index is estimated at 1 5 l ^ / ^ S < per cent of the 1947-49 average compared with 148 in ^ Op March and 143 in April a year ago. • Federal Reserve District • e # Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland ' V 7 G'o Percentage change Apr. from 1959 d Month Year ago ago + 2 + 6 + 3 4 2, . j 138 138 155 127 136 137 153 127 131 134 149 124 144 143 166 133 138 141 158 131 136 139 160 130 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis P175 p201 142 141 171 195 138 138 167 190 131 141 pl84 p211 150 149 182 204 139 143 175 200 139 149 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 8 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco 137 150 P175 pl66 139 150 169 163 129 145 rl64 rl52 141 158 pl82 pl69 143 156 178 165 132 153 rl70 rl55 - 2 0 + 4 + 2 + + + + pl5i 148 143 P 158 153 rl50 + 2 + . 6 United States # Index numbers (Average end-of-month stocks 1947-49=100) Seasonally adjusted i Unadjusted 1958 i 1958 1 1959 1959 Apr. Apr. Apr. 1 Mar. Apr. Mar. $ + 1 + 1 0 + 2 + 2 + 5 + 6 0 7 4 7 9 * 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.
