Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : August 29, 1957

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

H,8a

FOR DMEDIATE RELEASE
August 29, 1957•
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based on r e t a i l dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
ending
to
A
ug. 241 Aug. 171 Aug. 10 | Aug. 3
Aug. 2k
Aug. 2k
-10
+ 3
- k

+5

- 5

0
- i

+
+
+
-

+5

r+ 4
+ 2
+ 6

+
+
+

2
1
2
1

0
+ i
+ i
+ i

+
+
+
+

+ k
+ 2
+ 3
0

6
1
1
1

+ 1
0
+ 2
r- 2

+
+
+

2
1
1
2

0
- 1
+ 4
- 3

+ 2
0
+ 2
0

+
+
+
+

+ 1

+ k

+ 3

0

+ 2

+ 2

- 3
+ 2
+ 1
-3

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

+
+
-

2
1
3
1

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
+
+

U . S . Total

0
+ 8
+ 3
r+ 1

0
+ 8
+ 1
+ 2

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

- 3

2
1
2
1

1
k
2
1

3
1
3
1

U . S . weekly index, without seasonal adjustment s 1947-49-100 1/
1957
July
Aug.
Aug.
-"^big.
Aug.

27
>3
10
17
2k

101
10U
110
U5
121

1956
July
A
ug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

28
4
11
18
25

97
104
107
111
120

1955
July
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

30
6
13
20
27

98
97
100
106
111

r—Revised.
1 / For description and weekly indexes f o r the period January 1937 to March 1952 see
Federal Reserve Bulletin f o r April 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes f o r the period April
1952 to date may be obtained upon request from the Division of Research and Statistics.
Weekly indexes a t the d i s t r i c t and c i t y levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.