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e BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM / * September 30, 1953 DEPARTMENT STORE STOCKS IN AUGUST ... (Based on retail value figures) ^b.7.w & Department store stocks increase.. further in August, after allowance for the usraZD/seasonal change. The seasonally adjusted indexes for the month is estimated to be 131 per cent of the 19U7-U9 average, compared with 130 for July and 118 for August 1952. Federal Reserve district Percentage change from Indexes (19U7-U9 = 100) Seasonally adjusted ~T9W "195T Aug, July Aug. Unadjusted Month 1952 1953 ago July Aug, Aug, 106 Boston New York Philadelphia j!leveland P119 122 122 12U 117 rl21 122 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis 1U8 plUl 128 13U iU5 1U8 125 131 131 131 119 plUi 121 130 120 117 115 P137 piUo 128 Hit lUo 138 109 127 127 125 137 131 133 10b 120 rl2U 119 130 118 pl26 121 llU Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco United States pllj.6 plU3 135 pl31 12U 1U6 109 rll3 rll3 109 116 pllU 118 116 119 Ikl 107 rl08 112 lUl 137 117 .122 Year ago + 9 + 8 + 8 101+ + 7 +10 + 7 + 6 131 131 110 115 + + + + 5 3 U 7 +13 + 7 +11 +13 + 1 0 + 7 - U +11 105 rl09 107 +1U +1U +12 + 8 +10 p—Preliminary. r—Revised, Note:—Indexes and percentage changes 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. lJ+63-l5l5* Indexes for the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly in the Bulletin.
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