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Oil

F E D E R A L
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 5» 1962

M O M T H L f ~ B S # 3 # W T STORE STOCKS
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
APRIL 1962
Department store inventories have shown little change in^recent
months, after adjustment for seasonal variation. The April index is
estimated at 172 per cent of the 1947-49 average compared with 173 in
March and 172 in each month from November 1961 through February of this
year. The stocks index in April a year ago was l6l-

Federal Reserve
District
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

I
I
n
d
e
x
numbers
I (Average end-of-month stocks 1947-49=100)
Unadjusted
Seasonally adjusted
1961
1962
1261
1962
Apr.
Apr,
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Mar.
154

152

153
rl50
rl70
150

I83
229
150
148

p204
256
169
159

203
253

190
238
159
154

158

rl57

150

rl70

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

pl98
246

197

153

166
152

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

155
pl73
P197
pl93

rl53
175
197
196

P 172

173

United States

157
156
rl75
155

147
rl44

169
150

160

143

160
158
181
157

155
153

241

rl59

149

168
178

0I8O
p205
pl95

rl6l

pl79

rl80

166
154

Percentage
change Apr.
1962 from'
Year
Month
ago
ago
1
1
1
0

+ 5
+ 5

0

8
8
6
3

2

4
1

+ 6
+ 5

4

178
207
194

152
174
rl87
rl80

1
1
0

+10

2

+ 8

176

rl68

- 1

+6

3

* Based on seasonally adjusted indexes. '^--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 December 1957> PP* 1323-1336. 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.