Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : July 12, 1956

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.8a

FOR MEDIATE RELEASE
J u l y 12, 1956
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a y e a r ago
(Ba sed 'on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)
'
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
ending
to
July 7
July 7
J u l y 7 | June 30 | June 23 | June 16

F e d e r a l Reserve
District

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ U
+ k
- 7
0

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

I
i

|

+11
+11
- 1
- 3

Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San Francisco

1 + 7
+ 1

v U . S . Total

+ 3

+10

+ 5

+12
+10
r+13
+ 9
+

8

+ 5
+5

+12
+ 9
+10
+ 3

+ 9
+13
+16
+lfc

h

+17

+

.

+5

8

+ 7

+12

9
2
6
3

+12
+ 7
+ 6
+ k

+5

+ 3

+12
+ k
+ 7
+ h

+ 7

+ 6

. +12

+ 7

+

+
- +
+

+13

+18

+10

+5
+5

+10
+ 6
+ 6
+ 6

+ 1

+5

+ 2
+ k

+ 9
+10
+ 9
+ 7

+ 3

+5
+

h

+5
I

|

+ 5
+

2

+ k
+

2

+

k

U . S . weekly index, without seasonal a d j u s t m e n t , 19i|.7-U9=100 1 /
1956
June 9
' June 16
June 23
June 30
July 7

1955
12k
131
109
105
J90

June 11
June 18
June 25
July 2
July-- ' 9

195U
llU
117
103
98
87

June
June
June
July
July

12
19
26 ,
3
10

111

115
97
93
77

r—Revised.
1 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes, £or t h e period January. 1237 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, 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.
Yaeekly 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
F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.