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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
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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 .