Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : April 19, 1956

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A p r i l 19, 1956
'WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) V
It1 our weeks J a n . 1
One v/eek ending
ending
to
Apr. 14 I Apr. 7 | Mar. 31 | Mar. 24
Apr. 14
Apr. 14

Federal Reserve
District .

Boston
Lew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

^

+14 r
+21
. +24
+14

-16
r-14
-14
-20

+
+
+
+

8
5
6
5

-28
- 6
0
+20

- 6
0
+ 3
+ 4

+
+
+

3
2
4
6

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

+11
0
+ 5
+ 9

-16
r-l4
-10
-16

+ 8
+12
r- 4
+ 5

+10
+12
+17
+25

+
+
+
+

2
2
1
5

+ 2
+ 3
+ 3
+ k

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+14
+ 3
+ 4
+ 7

-17
r-16
r-14
r-17

- 6
+ 5
+17
+12

+13
+19
+12
+ 7

+
+
+

1
1
4
l

+ 2
0
+ 3
0

U ^ S . Total

+11

-15

r+ 6

+ 9

+ 2

+ 3

U. S. weekly index, -.vithout seasonal a d j u s t m e n t , 1947-49=100 2/
1956
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.

195 5
17
24
31
7
14

•105
112
rl21
104
•114

Mar. 19
Mar. 26
Apr. 2
Apr. 9
Apr. 16

195U
108
103
114
122
103

Mar.
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.

20
27
3
10
17

95
100
103
113
118

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 master 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 v;itb 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 4 per cent f o r t h e month of March as a whole and a c o r responding decrease f o r the 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 the p e r i o d January 1937 to March 1952 see
F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r April 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes f o r the 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,
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,