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Of GOW. FEDERAL RESERVE statistical f*AL R E ^ . d~~£-^iJciZ*o FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 1962 G.7,4.2 Z^f60VEE0%>x MONTHLY DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS (Based on retail dollar amounts) August 1962 RESlRVWjaartment store stocks in August, at 118 per cent of the 193?Z59^average, were unchanged from the June-July level, after seasonal adjustment. The index in August 1961 was 110. Federal Reserve District Index numbers (Average end-of-month stocks 1957-59=100 Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted 1961 1962 1961 1962 August August July August July August Percentage change August 1962 from* Month | Year ago 1 ago Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland 115 116 113 115 118 113 113 116 111 rl09 105 111 114 113 109 115 108 102 103 112 109 rl07 rlOl 110 2 + 2 0 1 — + 4 + 6 + 8 4- 4 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis 116 116 123 116 118 120 122 117 107 rl08 110 112 118 116 122 117 111 110 119 112 108 rl07 109 113 2 3 + 1 1 - + 9 + 8 +11 + 4- 109 pll5 pll2 pl26 109 115 114 127 107 113 103 116 110 pll2 pll4 pl26 rl07 110 109 123 107 111 105 116 0 1 2 0 + 3 +1 + 9 + 9 pll8 118 110 P117 112 109 0 + 7 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco united States — - - —Daseu uri beaiDuaaxj-j dujuoocu y—* * . . Note:--Indexes are based on value of stocks at end of month. For description of the series see Federal Reserve Bulletin for July 1962, pp. 803-808. 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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