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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR BEEDIATE RELEASE
J u l y 11, 1957
TttEEKLT DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Percentage change froai corresponding p e r i o d 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
July 6
J u l y 6 I June 29 |I June 22 | June 15
July 6
+ 1
+ 5
+13
+ 3
- 1
- 3
+ 8
+11
+ h
+ 5
r+ 3
- 1
+ 2
+20
r+ 6
+ 5
- 3
- 3
+ 1
+ 6
r- 2
- 8
- 1
- 1

F e d e r a l Reserve
District
Boston
•lew York
Philadelphia
; Cleveland
Vichmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

^

Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
3an F r a n c i s c o

!

U. S . i ' o t a l

- h
+ k
+ 3
- U

r

0
- 3
+ 2
- 3

+19
+12
+10
+ 7

0
+ 7
- 5
- 3

-.1 + 9
+15
+ 2

+11
r- 2
+ 2
+ 1

0
r- 1
+ 5
+ 8

- 2
r+ 2
+16
- 1

h

+ 2

+ 9

- 2

+

+ k
+ 5
+ 2
- 1
, +
+
+
+

+ h
+ 2
+ 3
0

2
2
9
2

+ 2
0
+ 2
+ 1

+ 3

+ 2

U. S . -weekly i n d e x , vfithout s e a s o n a l a d j u s t e d , 194?-1:9=100 1 /
1957
June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29
July 6

125
129
119
107

9k

1956
June 9
June 16
June 23
June 30
July 7

12U

131
109
105
90

1955
June 11
June 18
June 25
July 2
July 9

114
117
103
98
87

r—tievised .
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
f e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1952, p p . 359-362. Indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d A p r i l
1952 t o d a t e may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from the D i v i s i o n of Research and S t a tistics.
Weekly indexes a t the 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
F e d e r a l Reserve'Banks•
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