Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : April 16, 1959

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.8a

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A p r i l 16, 1959.
YtEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Parcentage change from, corresponding p e r i o d a .year
(Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)V
Four weeks
Van. 1
One week ending
ending
to
Apr. 11 | Apr. 4 | Mar. 28 [| Mar. 21 A p r i l 11
A p r i l 11

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+25
+18
+31
+24

-15
-18
r-22
r-15

+ 8
+ 3
+ 4
+16

+29
+16
+35
+15

+
+
+
+

9
3
9
9

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

+15
+16
+14
+13

r-18
-12
- 5
-12

+15
+22
+16
+20

+37
+10
+10
+15

+
+
+
+

9
8
8
8

Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San F r a n c i s c o

+ 5
+12
+17
+13

-17
r- 9
-11
- 8

+12
+17
+24
+26

+14
+18
+12
+17

+ 3
+ 8
+ 9
+11

+ 4
+11
+ 9 '
+13

+18

-13

+16

+17

+ 9

+ 9

U . S . Total

1

j

+
+
+
+

5
3
9
6

+
+
+
+

9
8
8
9

U. S . weekly i n d e x , without iseasonal a d j u s t m e n t , 1947-49 = i c o - /
1959
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.

Ik
21
28
4
11

124
137
llil
117
130

1958 :
Mar.
. Mar.
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.

15
22
29
5
12

Ilk
117
122
134
110 ^

1957
Mar.
Mar.
. Mar.
Apr.
Apr.

16
23
30
6
13

114
121
120
121
131

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 t h e 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 6 while t h i s year i t was on March 29, For t h i s r e a s o n
i t i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t i n comparison w i t h l a s t y e a r an allowance should be made-for
an i n c r e a s e i n s a l e s of about 2 p e r c e n t f o r 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 t o t h e
f i g u r e s f o r t h e 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 p e r i o d January 1937 t o March 1958 see
"Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1958, p p . 1|12-1±21.
"Weekly indexes a t t h e d i s t r i c t and c i t y l e v e l s a r e p u b l i s h e d by s e v e r a l of t h e
F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.