Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : January 10, 1957

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 10, 1957

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Four weeks
Year
One week ending
ending
1956
Jan. 5|Dec. 29* |Dec. 22 |Dec. 15
Jan. 5
1

- b

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

- 1
0
+ 1
- 3

+35
r+30
r+23
+18

+15
+20
+1U
+11

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago •
St. Louis

+ 3
+ 2

r+27
r+29
r+36
r+19

+17
+ 9
+11*
+13

+ b

- b

- 7

+ l

-b

•

+ 3

:

+ I
- 3

:2

+ 3
+ 3

+ 3

+10
+ 7
+10
+ 7

+ b
+ b
+
+
+
+

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

- 1

+2k

- 2
+ 1

+23
+23
r+18

+17
+1U
+12
+15

+
+
+
+

5
3
3
2

+11
+10
+ 8
+ 9

U. S.JT otal

0

+27

+15

+ 2

+ 9

+ b

i

+ 8
+11
+ 6
+ 7

+ 3
+ 5

.

5
2
3
2

+ U

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, L 9 U 7 - U 9 = 1 0 0
1956
Dec, 8
Doc. 15
Dec, 22
Dec. 29
1957
Jan, 5

226
260
265

112

9b

1955
Dec. 10
Dec. 17
Dec, 2b
Dec, 31
1956
Jan. 7

195U
235
255
231
88
9k

Dec. 11
Dec, 18
Dec, 25
1955 Jan. 1
Jan.

8

22b
2i|0
190
80
106

r—Revised,
1/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1952
see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1952, pp. 35^-362, Indexes for the period
"April 1952 to date may be obtained upon request frcm the Division of Research
and Statistics,
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of
the Federal Reserve Banks.
* — T h i s year there was one shopping day before Christmas, while last year there
was none.