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BO.iHTi On GOVERNORS 0" THE "EDFJM, RESERVE rCR TWEDIflV?, RELEASE G.7.U.2 (.IB? DATA FILE REFERENCE LIBRARY FEDERAL RESERVE BANK WQNTHIX DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) ,956 September 1956 i ';L;D5,^X Seasonally adjusted department store s t OF CHICAGO s l i g h t l y i n September from the record l e v e l of the preceding month. The adjusted index i s estimated at 139 per cent of the 19U?-it9 average, compared with l l t l f o r August and 129 f o r September a year ago. Federal Reserve District Percentage Index Numbers Sept. (Average end-of-month stocks 19ii7-U9=100) change, J 1956 from Unadjusted Seasonally sid jus ted Month Year 1955 1956 1956 1955 ago ago Sent. Sept Sept. Aug. Sept. I Aug. Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco United S t a t e s rl30 123 127 123 132 123 + + + + 6 5 9 7 + + + + 175 P17U 138 1U5 167 163 129 136 155 163 rl28 133 + + + + h +12 + 7 + 8 + 8 13U pl53 pl63 pl56 rl28 1U8 158 1U8 128 rlUl rl59 rlU3 + + + + h h h 5 + + + + plli.6 138 135 + 6 + 8 132 123 135 126 : 1 1 132 12? rl35 127 12U 116 126 118 ; 136 130 1U1 132 169 pl67 131 13U 16U 166 133 136 150 : 156 | rl22 ! 128 plU? pi5ii pi5o rl32 lii9 159 15U 122 135 rl50 rl38 p!39 lla 129 rl2k : 128 12)4 7 6 6 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 the period January 1919 t o October 1951 see Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r December 1951* pp. Iii63-l5l5« Indexes f o r the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly in the B u l l e t i n . Percentage changes are based on unadjusted indexes. 7 6 7 7 it 9 3 9
