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Department s t o r e s t o c k s a t t h e em^pf
January were s l i g h t l y lower than i n recent months
a f t e r allowance f o r the usual seasonal change.
The a d j u s t e d index i s estimated a t 123 per cent
of t h e 19U7-U9 average, compared with a l e v e l of
12k f o r the preceding s i x months and 119 f o r
January a year ago.
k
f
Federal Reserve
district
Percentage change
Index numbers
(average end«of-month stocks 19U7-U9=100) January 1955 from
Unadjusted
Seasonally a d j u s t e d
Year
Month
1954
1955 r
1954
1955
J 3.110
< an # Dec.
J
Dec.
Jan.
Jan*
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
pl20
112
119
Pli5
rll8
113
rl21
120
llit
rllO
rll5
115
pl08
100
10U
pio5
rill
103
rl07
105
102
98
rlOO
104
-
3
4
3
1
+ 5
+ 2
+ 4
0
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis
P139
piU5
118
127
137
1U3
122
rll7
rl32
1U2
117
117
pl25
P132
108
107
120
126
111
103
rll9
130
108
99
+
+
+
5
5
2
3
+ 6
+ 2
0
+ 8
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
plllt
133
pl27
129
118
131
133
129
106
rl29
rl25
123
pl08
122
piiu
117
107
116
121
107
100
118
rll3
111
+
+
+
l
6
5
8
+
+
+
+
pl23
124
rll9
pill
110
108
United S t a t e s
+ 1
+ 3
p—Preliminary,
r—Revised.
Note:—Indexes and percentage changes 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 the period January 1919
to October 1951 see Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r December 1951, PP« 1U631515. Indexes f o r the most recent thirteen-month period are shown
r e g u l a r l y in the B u l l e t i n . Percentage changes are based on unadjusted
indexes.
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