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BOARD OF GOVrM'ORS OF Thri Fim&RAL itLSEuVE SYSTEM
H.8a

FOR m i EDI ATE RELEASE
August l U , 1958»
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
P e r c e n t a g e change from c o r r e s p o n d i n g p e r i o d a y e a r ago
(Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week e n d i n g
to
ending
Aug. 9
Aug. 9 j1 Aug. 2 1 J u l y 26 | J u l y 19
Aug. 9

Federal Reserve
District

. +
+
-

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

+15
h
+ 8
r- 2

+
+
+
-

7
3
5
2

+1U
+ 7
+ 9
- 1

+
+
+
-

9
3
6
2

+
-

+ 3
+10

+
+
+

7
6
h
3

+ 3
+ 6
- 2
- k

+
4
+

5
8
3
2

- 2
- 1

+ 2

r+ 6
+11
r- 2
+ 5

+
+
+

+
r+

i
1
k
1

- 6
+10
+11
+ 3

0
1
9
0

0
+ 2

+ 3

+ 3

+ 2

+ 2

- 5

Minneapolis
...
•Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San F r a n c i s c o
U . S . Total

1
1
3
2

'

5
7
3
3

+ 1

+

- 5

- 3
+
-

- 3

+5

116
110
111
111
119

1957
July
July
July
Aug.
Aug.

13
20
27
3
10

111
10ET
108
111
118

1956
July
July
July
Aug.
Aug.

2
1
2
1

- 2

U. S . weekly i n d e x , w i t h o u t s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 19h7-h9
1958
J u l y 12
J u l y 19
J u l y 26
Aug. 2
Aug. 9

2
1
2
u

lit
21
28
k
11

= 100^/
108
105
105
113
117

r—Revised.
1 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly i n d e x e s f o r t h e p e r i o d J a n u a r y 1937 t o March 1958 s e
F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1958, p p . U12-U21.
Weekly i n d e x e s 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.