Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : April 26, 1956

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

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A p r i l 26, 1956

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

F e d e r a l Reserve
District

Percentage change frcm 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
21
Apr.
Apr.
21
Apr. a 1 Apr. 1U '| Apr. 7 | Mar. 31
+ 1
7
1
- 2

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

• -

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San F r a n c i s c o
U. S. Total

+

+

+iic
r+20
+2U
+m

-

+
+
+
+

-16
-Ik
-lh
-20

8
5
6
5

+ 8
+12
0
+ 5

+
+
+
-

1
3
3
1

+
+
+

3
2
h
5

-

1
2
2
3

+
+
+
+

1
h
3
3

3
6
1
8

+11
0
+ 5
+ 9

-16
-1U
-10
-16

2
2
3
6

+11*
+ 3
+ k
+ 7

-17
-16
-14
-17

- 6
+ 5
+17
+12

- 3
- 3
0
+ 1

+ 2
0
+ 2
+ 1

1

+11

-15

r+ 7

0

+ 3

r

-

U. S. weekly index, without s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 19^7-^9=100 2 /
1956
Mar.
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.

^
2h
31
7
Ik
21

19#
112
rl22
101+
llll
113

Mar. 26
Apr. 2
Apr. 9
Apr. 16
Apr. 23

195k
103
114
122
103
112

-

Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.

27
3
10
17
2U

100
103
113
118
101

r—Revised.
1 / During March and A p r i l changes frcm a y e a r 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 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 e s t i m a t e d t h a t i n comparison w i t h 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 U p e r cent f o r t h e month of March as a whole and a c o r responding decrease f o r t h e month of A p r i l . These allowances apply t o the 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 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. 359-362, Indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d A p r i l
1952 t o d a t e may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from t h e 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 are p u b l i s h e d by s e v e r a l of the
F e d e r a l Reserve Banks,