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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM ll.b.2 November 3> 1953 DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS IN SEPTEMBER (Based on r e t a i l v a l u e f i g u r e s ) .N ^ The Board's index of department s t o r e dfetocks decreased s l i g h t l y i n September, a f t e r ^ allowance f o r the usual seasonal change. The x ,?s.ndex f o r the month i s estimated t o be 128 per <5^<£> v 0 ^ cent, of the 19U7 -h9 average, compared with 131 f o r / V V c $> August and 130 f o r J u l y . ^ ' <y Federal Reserve district Boston New York Philadelphia ^leveland Indexes (19lt7-U9 = 100) Seasonally adjusted Unadjusted 1953 1952 1953 1952 Sept. Aug. Sept. Sept. Aug. Sept. Percentage change from Month ago Year ago 117 117 122 121 119 122 122 12h 110 rllU 113 111 120 123 127 127 lilt 118 116 119 113 rll9 117 116 + + + + 6 U 9 6 + + + + 6 3 8 9 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis 139 plU8 127 129 11*8 iia 128 13U 130 136 118 121 li+3 pl52 129 138 1U7 lUl 121 130 13U IhO 119 129 + + + 3 8 6 6 + + + + 7 9 8 7 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco 122 plU2 pita 132 120 1U5 ll|2 135 112 127 129 126 123 plhh P1U7 137 115 137 lUO 128 113 129 13 h 130 + + + + 7 6 5 6 + 9 +12 +10 + 5 pl28 131 120 pl32 126 121* + 5 +7 United S t a t e s P—Preliminary. r—Revised. Note;—indexes and percentage changes are based on value of stocks a t end of month. For description and monthly indexes f o r the period January 1919 t o October 1951 see Federal Reserve Bulletin f o r December 1951* pp. lit63-1515« Indexes f o r the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly i n the Bulletin.
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