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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 1957• Q.7.U.2 DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS tensed on retail dollar amounts) ^ AUGUST 1957 Seasonally adjusted department store stocksQfa^-S^^ August were unchanged from the record level of the pre^QQ ceding two months. The adjusted index is estimated at 143 per cent of the 1947-49 average, compared with 143 for June and July and lltl for August a year ago. r Federal Reserve District - Index numbers (Average end-of-month stocks 1947-49=100) Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted 1956 1957 1956 Aug. A U g . | July Aug. Aug. r July • - I 9 5 7 - Percentage change Aug, 1957 from Month iear ago ago d^oaton New York Philadelphia Cleveland 125 134 142 127 127 136 139 127 132 rl29 135 127 121 131 137 124 115 124 125 117 128 rl26 130 123 + 5 + 6 + 9 + 6 - 5 + 4 + 5 0 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis 168 172 135 135 171 171 138 141 164 166 rl34 136 171 168 131 135 167 160 130 129 167 163 rl30 136 + a + 5 + 1 + 4 + + + - 2 3 l 1 135 Pl40 P172 pl56 rI29 141 171 148 132 149 rl62 rl53 131 P139 P170 Pl50 rl25 135 162 146 128 rl47 rl6l 148 + + + 4 - + + + 2 6 6 2 Pl43 143 141 pi4o 135 138 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco United States 5 3 5 3 + 4 + 2 p—Pre liruinary. Note:—Indexes are based on value of stocks.at end of month. For description and monthly indexes for the period January 1919 to October 1951 see Federal Reserve Bulletin for December 1951* PP» 11*63-1515 • Indexes for the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly in the Bulletin. Percentage changes are based on unadjusted indexes.
