Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : April 12, 1956

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR m&DIATE RELEASE
A p r i l 12 j 1956

H.8a
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a year ago
(Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) V
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
Apr.
7
Apr.
7
|
Mar.
2U
|
Mar.
17
|
Mar.
31
Apr. 7

F e d e r a l Reserve
District

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

-16
-13
-lU
-20

+
r+
+
+

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

-16
-15
-10
-is

r+ 8
r+12
0
+ 5

-17
-17
-15
-18

- 6
+ 5
+17
+12

-15

r+ 7

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
U. S. T o t a l

.

j

8
5
6
5

-16
- 7
- 2
- k

-28
- 6
0
+20

+10
+12
+17

+
+
+

+25

0
- 5

+13
+19

-

2
2
2
5

+12
+ 7

-

+

- 3

9

-12
- 5
- 3
- 1
+ 1

9|S

Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Apr.

1955

10
17
2h

31
7

109
105

112
rl22
10U

Mar. 12
Mar. 19
Mar. 2 6
Apr. 2
Apr. 9

j1

+ •2

+ 2
+ 3
-

1

0
0

9

5
1
3
5

.

+ l
3
+ 3
+ .U

+

+ 2
0
1 + 3
0
j
i
+ 2

U

0

-

;

+
+
+

1

!

195k

102
108
103

13h
122

Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.

13
20
27

100

3

103

10

92
95

113

• r—Revised.
1 / During March and A p r i l changes from a year ago r e f l e c t i n p a r t the f a c t t h a t
l a s t year E a s t e r was on A p r i l 10 while t h i s year i t was on A p r i l 1 . For t h i s
reason i t i s estimated t h a t i n comparison with l a s t year an allowance should be
made f o r an i n c r e a s e i n s a l e s of about I4. per cent fop t h e month of March as a
whole and a corresponding decrease f o r t h e month of ' A p r i l . These allowances apply
to t h e f i g u r e s f o r the United S t a t e s ,
2/ For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r t h e period January 1937 t o March 1952 see
F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1952, pp. 359->62. Indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d A p r i l
1952 t o date may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from the D i v i s i o n of Research and
Statistics.
t'iieekly indexes a t t h e d i s t r i c t and c i t y level's are published by s e v e r a l of t h e
F e d e r a l Reserve Banks,