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4Z-S BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYS TEL! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 1958. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Percentage change f r c u corresponding p e r i o d a F e d e r a l Reserve One week ending District Jan 1 8 j J a n . 111Jan. U| Dec. 28* Four weeks ending J a n . 18 IWi Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland + 2 + b - 3 + 6 -Lll + 1 r- 5 r+ 3 + + + 3 3 2 b +30 +37 +31 +31 +12 +11 + 6 +12 - 1 + 2 + 1 - 1 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis + 9 0 + b + 1 - 1 r+ 1 + 3 - 2 1 + b - 2 - 1 +35 +30 +31 +29 +11 +10 +10 + 8 + 2 + 2 + 1 - 1 Minneapolis Kansas C i t y Dallas San F r a n c i s c o 3 2 1 - b - 1 + b - 3 - 3 - 3 r-1 + 2 + 3 r+32 +26 +29 +3U + + + + 7 9 8 8 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 3 + 1 + 2 +32 +10 + 1 tJ--*^S. T o t a l - U. S. weekly index, -without seasonal a d j u s t m e n t , 19U7-1+9=100:i i / 1957 Dec. Dec. 1958 Jan. Jan. Jan. 21 28 27b lit 8 h 11 18 95 108 103 265 112 Jan. 19 93 107 100 1955 Dec. Dec. 1956 ^Tan. Jan. Jan. 2b 31 231 7 lU 21 9b 10b 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 1952 see Fewv3L-al 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 p e r i o d A p r i l 1952 t o date may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from t h e D i v i s i o n of Research and Statistics. * This y e a r t h e r e were two shopping days b e f o r e Christmas while l a s t y e a r t h e r e was one. Weekly 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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