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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM G.7JV2 FOR MEDIATE RELEASE March 6. 4B" L # A R Y MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS Teased on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) MAR J 1959 htbhrtVE JANUARY 1959 BANK OF CHICAGO S e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d department s t o r e stocks i n c r e a s e d 1 p e r cent i n January from t h e l e v e l of t h e previous month. The index f o r January i s estimated a t 1$1 per cent of t h e 19b7-U9 average compared with 1$0 i n December and 1U7 i n January a year ago. Federal Reserve District A Index numbers (Ave i •age end-of-aionth stocks 19u7-U9 = 100) Seasonally a d j u s t e d Unadjusted 1958 1959 j 1959 1950 J a n . ( Dec, J a n . | Dec. j tJ 311« Jan. Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland pl38 1U2 156 P139 139 111 rl57 128 133 137 133 P12U 126 137 pl23 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis P178 p202 plit3 Ihl 172 205 lUo 134 167 202 135 1U3 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco 135 Pl59 P166 pl61 rl37 159 163 157 138 rl52 rl69 152 pl5l 150 lii7 United S t a t e s 15k i i i 9 + + + + h + 7 0 + 5 0 117 119 122 136 117 pl60 pl6U 129 pl27 157 178 123 121 rl50 18U 123 127 124 p l h3 rl27 plU5 152 1U8 127 137 rllj.8 137 + 2 0 2 3 P136 136 132 + 1 Plh6 130 130 Percentage change Jan. 1959 from* Month Year ago ago rlbl Ihk + - + + — + + + 1 1 6 U 3 1 U - 2 + h 1 + 6 - + 3 * Based on s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d indexes. p—Preliminary. r—Revised, Note:—Indexes are based on value of stocks a t end of month. For d e s c r i p t i o n and monthly indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d January 19U7 t o October 1957 see Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r December 1957> pp. 1323-1352. Indexes p r i o r t o 19U7 may be obt a i n e d from the D i v i s i o n of Research and S t a t i s t i c s . Indexes f o r the most recent thirteen-month p e r i o d a r e shown r e g u l a r l y i n the B u l l e t i n .