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/O ^ BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 1961, G.7.4.2 MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS (Based on retail dollar amounts) APRIL 1961 Department store inventories increased slightly in April. The seasonally adjusted index is estimated at 162 per cent of the 1947-49 average compared with l6l in March and 158 in April I960. Federal Reserve District Index numbers (Average end-of-month stocks 1947-49=100) Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted I960 I960 1961 1961 April Aoril 1 March Aoril Aoril | March Percentage chsnco Apr * 1961 jFrom Month Year ago aeo 149 146 157 143 145 14? rl58 142 141 rl45 157 139 155 151 168 150 147 150 rl62 146 147 150 168 146 + 3 1 0 4- 1 + 6 + 1 0 + 3 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis 183 p229 150 148 182 221 rl51 rl50 rl83 224 146 147 190 p238 159 154 186 232 rl51 rl51 rl89 155 153 + 1 + 4 1 1 - 0 + 2 + 3 + 1 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco 148 pl68 179 pl78 146 166 rl79 179 146 157 rl82 rl74 151 P174 186 pl80 150 169 183 178 150 rl64 189 rl77 + 1 + 1 0 - 1 + 1 + 7 - 1 pl62 161 rl58 pl68 164 165 0 + 2 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland United States 232 + 2 *—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 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.
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