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B A D OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL OR G.7.1^.2 DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS IN March (Based on r e t a i l value f i g u r e s ) C /( ^ ^GO May 1, 1953. Department store stocks rose s l i g h t l y l e s s than seasonally from the end of February to the end of March but were 6 per cent above a year ago* The adjusted index f o r March i s 121 compared with 122 f o r February and 11U f o r March 1952* Federal Reserve district Indexes (1947-49 « 100) Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted t i 1952 J 1953 11952 1953 !Mar# | Feb# , Mar# |Mar« 1 Feb, I, Mar, i Percentage change from Month ago + + + + 5 2 1 3 Boston New York ^Philadelphia Cleveland pill* 110 113 113 Ilk 110 115 114 109 108 rll2 110 pll8 115 120 119 108 107 112 113 112 rll2 119 116 + + + + Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis 134 pl38 117 128 rl35 ita 118 125 rl25 126 113 111 143 rl31 139 pl45 122 115 135 122 rl3U 132 118 118 + 9 + it + 5 +11 + 7 +10 + 3 +15 Minneapolis. Kansas City Dallas San Francisco pll2 P127 pl34 131 112 128 133 131 103 120 124 119 PH7 pl34 pl42 13k 109 127 132 125 107 126 131 122 + + + + 7 5 8 7 + 9 + 6 + 8 +10 pl21 122 rll4 P127 119 120 * 7 + 6 United States 9 7 7 6 Year ago p—Preliminary, r—Revised. Note:—Indexes and percentage changes are based on value of stocks at end of month. For description and monthly indexes f o r the period January 1919 to October 1951 see Federal Reserve Bulletin f o r December 1951, PP* 1463l5l5» Indexes f o r the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly in the Bulletin«
