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448 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H.8a FOR MMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 1958. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Percentage change from corresponding period a year (Baaed on retail dollar amounts) Four weeks dan. 1 t° , One week ending ending Feb. 22—' Feb. 22 | Feb, 15 | Feb. 8 | Feb, . 1 Feb. 22 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco U. S. total - h - 2 - 7 - 6 - 3 - 1 - k r- 3 -10 - 1 - 5 -20 + 6 .+10 + 6 - 1 -10 6 -12 '-12 -31 -16 . -13 - a - 1 r~ 8 r-11 -13 - 5 - 7 -11 - 9 7 7 9 6 -12 - 9 -11 - 9 + - 3 1 7 9 -12 - 9 -18 r- 1 - 7 3 8 7 5 - 2 5 - 6 - h - k -10 - 6 - 2 - 1 - 5 - k -18 — o - 8 2 - 9 - k -29 -32 -39 -22 - + - . — - 6 7 6 6 U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 19U7-H9=100.fl/ 1958 Jan. 25 Feb. 1 Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 93 92 93 96 82 1957 Jan. 26 Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 Feb. 23 96 9k 101 102 100 1956 Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. 28 h 11 18 25 9k 90 97 95 97 r--Revised! 1/ Comparison period begins with December 30-January U week in 1958 and with December 31-January 5 week in 1957• 2/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1952 see Federal Reserve Bulletin.for April 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes for the period April 1952 to date may be obtained upon request from the Division of Research and Statistics. Yjeekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the Federal Reserve Banks.
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