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FEDERAL ***** statistic 0 RESERVE reI e FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 6, 1961. g.7,%: MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS (Based on retail dollar amounts) & RESERVE'S SEPTEMBER 1961 Department store inventories rose further in September to a new high. The seasonally adjusted index is estimated at 170 per cent of the 1947-49 average compared with 169 in August and a revised figure of 168 for September I960. # Federal Reserve District # # # Index numbers (Averase end-of-month stocks 1947-49=100) Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted I960 1961 I960 1961 Sept. Aug. Sept. Sept, Sept.! Aug. Percentage change Sept. 1961 from * Month Year ago ago 160 151 170 151 157 150 rl65 151 152 rl52 rl65 154 168 158 179 157 152 147 rl58 145 159 rl60 rl73 160 + 2 0 + 3 0 + + - Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis pl88 P239 166 154 189 239 160 154 rl89 230 160 152 pl99 p249 173 163 186 231 156 152 r200 239 166 161 - 1 0 + 4 0 - 1 + 4 4. 4 +1 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco P153 P173 P1S7 pl80 157 172 190 182 163 171 rl90 rl79 P159 P178 Pl99 P190 154 170 190 180 169 176 201 rl89 - 2 +1 - 2 -1 - 6 + 1 - 1 0 P170 169 rl68 P178 165 rl?6 +1 + 1 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland United States 6 1 3 2 * Based on seasonally adjusted indexes. p—Preliminary. r Revised. Note: Indexes are based on value of stocks at end of month. For description of the series see Federal Reserve Bulletin for December 1957» PP« 1323-1336. Back data may be obtained from the Division of Administrative Services. Indexes for the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly in the Bulletin.
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