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6? BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THu, FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H.8a FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 1 8 , 1958. YiEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES F e d e r a l 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 amounts) Four weeks Jan. 1 One week ending to ending Dec. 13 Dec. 13 Dec . 13 j Dec. 6 | Nov. 29 |1 Nov. 2 2 + 6 Boston Nsw York Philadelphia Cleveland + 5 + 3 + 1 0 1 0 2 - 1 + 9 r+18 r+ 3 + h + +16 0 + 3 + 9 + 3 0 + 1 - l + 3 0 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis + Minneapolis Kansas C i t y Dallas San^Francisco 2 u 2 + 2 - 2 + 6 + 2 r+ 5 + 2 r+ 5 0 + 6 3 r+ 6 + 1 + U. S . Total + r 2, 1 + l + b -13 - 5 - - • 5 5 2 + h + 8 - 2 + 5 + + + - 1 2 2 3 + l + l + l + 1 0 - 3 - 1 +10 + .l + 5 2 + 6 0 + 3 0 + 1 + 2 ,u- 0 - + k 6 7 k ' U. S . weekly i n d e x , -without s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 19U7-U9 = 100—^ 1958 "Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. 15 22 29 6 13 157 169 171 r2kk #3 1#? Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. 16 23 30 7 1U 152 166 170 230 265 1956 Nov. 17 Nov. 2k Dec. 1 Dec. 8 Dec. 15 165 162 21U 246 283 r—Revised. 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 1958 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 1958, p p . U12-U21. '"Yvcekly 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 a r e p u b l i s h e d by s e v e r a l of t h e Federal Reserve Banks.
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