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-z/z-9 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February lli» 1957 H.8a V/EEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District Percentage change from corresponding period 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 ending ending to / Feb. 9 I Feb. 2 | . Jan, 26j Jan. 19 Feb. 9 Feb. 9 - Boston New Y ork Philadelphia Cleveland +15 + k - 2 + 7 - 9 + 3 - 3 . + •&- Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis + 5 + 7 +11 - 1 +17 + 9 + k + 3 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco + 1 0 + 1 - 3 0 +10 +10 r- 1 + 5 + u U. S• T o t a l 195? "Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Jan. 26 Feb. 2 Feb. 9 107 100 96 9k 102 1956 Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. 1U 21 28 k 11 + + 1 7 3 1 - 5 + 8 + 3 0 + + 1 3 7 9 + 2 10li 98 9k 90 97 + - k 1 k 3 + 1 + 3 + 3 +11 + + + .+ 7 5 7 3 + 2 0 + 3 - 1 + 2 - 1 + u 0 + l + + + + k 7 5 3 + 5 + 5 + 2 0 + + + + 2 3 3 2 + + + + + 3 1955 Jan. Jan. Jani Feb. Feb. 15 22 29 5 12 1 2" 2 2 + 3 99 95 87 86 92 r—Revised ' 1 / Comparison period begins with December 31-January 5 week in 1957 and with the January 2-7 week i n 1956. 2 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r t h e period January 1937 t o March 1952 see Federal 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 the period A p r i l 1952 t o date may be obtained upon request from the Division of Research and S t a t i s t i c s Weekly 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 s e v e r a l of the Federal Reserve Banks. .
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