Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : April 25, 1957
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H»8a I ( FOR MEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 1957 WEEKLY DEPART#NT STOIcE SALES Federal Reserve District Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) V Jan. 1 Four weeks One week endins to ending Apr. 20 Apr. 20 Apr. 20 | Apr. 13 1 Apr* 6 j Mar. 30 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland +17 +11 +12 +10 + 7 r+11 +11 r- 3 + h + 8 +19 +13 -19 - 7 0 - 9 + 1 + 5 +10 + 2 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St, Louis + 22 +21 +13 +10 +17 r+21 r+ 9 + 9 +12 + k + 5 +10 - 7 -11 - 2 -10 +11 + 8 + 6 + k +3 +3 -1 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco +19 + 9 +17 + 9 + + + + 1 7 1 U — 1 + 1 - 2 +1U + 5 -13 -17 -13 + + + 6 1 l 3 +2 -1 -1 +1 +13 + 7 + 8 - 8 + 5 +2 U. S. Total +3 +4 +2 -1 +k U« S« weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 19kl-49=100 2/ 1957 Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. 23 30 6 13 20. - 113 112 113 122 128 1956 Mar. 2k Mar. 31 Apr. 7 Apr. lk Apr. 21 112 122 10U 11U 113 1955 Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. 26 2 9 16 23 103 llU 122 103 112 r—Revised. 1/ During,March and April changes from a year ago reflect the fact that last year Easter v/as on April 1 while this year it was on April 21, For this reason it is estimated that in comparison with last year an allowance should be made for a decrease^ in sales of about 8 per cent for the month of March as a whole and a corresponding increase for the month of April. These allowances apply to the_figures for the United States# 2/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1952 see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes for the period-April 1952 to date may~be obtained upon request from the Division of Research and Statistics, Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the Federal Reserve Banks.
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