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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESE;

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DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS IN JANUARY#
(Based on r e t a i l value f i g u r e s )

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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.
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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

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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 .