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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H.8a FOR MEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 1957• WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r araounts) Jan. 1 Four weeks One week ending ending to Dec. 7 Dec. 7 Decs 71. Nov. 30*| Nov. 23*1 Nov. 16 Boston • New York Philadelphia' Cleveland - 1 - 7 -1h - 7 -21 -22 -22 r.~22 t 1 +10 + 2 + 7 - 5 - 5 - 8 - 1 - 7 - 6 -11 - 8 - 2 + 1 0 - 2 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis -11 + 3 - 3 - 2 r-23 r- 8 r-23 -21 - 3 -10 + 1 + 3 - 3 - 6 -10 -lU -11 + + + - Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco 0 - 2 - 7 - 8 -1U -18 -1U -18 - 8 + 9 +16 + 5 " - - 6 r~19 : + k - 5 . U . S . Total • , . - 5 - 9 - 8 1 1 1 1 3 8 7 8 - 3 - 8 + 1 0 + 2 0 - 6 - 7 0 - 5 . U . S . weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 19U7-U9-100 1 / 1957 —Rov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 3^ Dec.'" 7 135lij.2 155 rl59 215 1956 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 2k Dec. 1 Dec. 8 137 151 cl49v 197 226 1955 Nov <, Nov,, Nov., Dec.. Dec., 12 19 26 3 10 Ihl 1U2 11*6 197 235 r—Revised. c—corrected. 1 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d January 1937 t o March 1952 see -Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r April 19$2, pp. 359-362. Indexes f o r the p e r i o d A p r i l 1952 to^date may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from t h e Division of Research and S t a tistics. Yiieekly indexes a t the d i s t r i c t and c i t y l e v e l s are published by several of t h e Federal Reserve Banks. * Comparisons are a f f e c t e d by the f a c t t h a t Thanksgiving Day i s one week l a t e r t h i s year than l a s t .
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