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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESE; 1 U G • T#%K# 2. 1 0 DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS IN JANUARY# (Based on r e t a i l value f i g u r e s ) "<?»f 4 ^ "^/5March 6 , 1953- °4GO % a £1 s t o r e stocks a t the end of January were somewhat above both monW^cQfeiCflyear ago values* The seasonally a d j u s t e d index f o r January i s 123, comjfifred with 119 f o r December and 118 f o r January 1952. it Indexes (19^7-^9 = 100) Federal Reserve Unadjusted district .Seasonally a d j u s t e d 1952 1952 i 1953; 1 1953 j Jan, [ Dec. f Jan, 1 J a n . I Dec* | Jan. ' ; Percentage change from year Month CT ago lVx vz A 4. V a a ! Q Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland pll3 11U pll5 pllU 110 111 llli 112 ii5 rll3 rll6 rll6 P103 101 plOO plOU IOU 102 100 98 105 rlOO rlOl rl06 — 1 — 1 - 1 + 6 2 +1 - 1 — 2 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis piuo piUo 117 P130 132 1U2 111; 128 rl28 133 111* 106 P12U pl26 109 P113 116 121* 106 112 rll3 119 106 92 + + + + + 9 + 5 + 3 + 22 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco P113 P130 P137 132 10? 123 130 126 106 122 12U 121 pl06 pl21 P123 119 99 109 120 112 100 rll3 112 109 + 8 +11 + 2 + 6 + 7 + 7 + 10 + 9 P123 119 118 pill 108 106 + i* + 5 United S t a t e s 7 2 3 1 ' p—Preliminary* r—Revised. Note:—Indexes and percentage changes are based on value of stocks at end of month. For d e s c r i p t i o n and monthly indexes f o r the period January 1919 t o October 1951 see Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r December 1951 > pp. 11*631515. Indexes f o r t h e most recent thirteen-month p e r i o d are shown r e g u l a r l y i n the B u l l e t i n .