Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : July 25, 1957

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H.8a

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR BvMEDIATE RELEASE
July 25, 1957
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
ending
to
July 20 1 July 13 1 July 6 | June 29
July 20
July 20

Boston
Mew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

- k
+ 2
+ h

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+ 9

+

1

"Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San. Francisco

3

+

5

+

5

+

5

+ 8
+ 9
+11
- 1

U.S. Total

+

5

+ 6
+

+

+ 8
+ 8
+11
r+ 3
+

.

5

r+ 5
+ 3
+ 8

5

+ 8
- 2
0

+13
+ 3
+ 6
- 2

~ 3
-

0
h

+

2

+

5

+ l
+ 2

5

<• 5

+ 3
- k

+ 6
+

- 3

- 1
+ 9
+15
+ 2

+11
- 2
r+ 3
+ 1

+ h

+ 2

+ 1
+ U
+ 2
- 1

it

+ 2
+ 1

;

+
+
+
+

2
3
3
2

JUL.
+ 2
+ 3
0

+

7

+ 3
+ 1
+ 3
+ 1

+ 6
+10
+ 1
1

+ h

, %&.

U. S. -weekly index, -without seasonal adjusted, 19li7-lt9=100 1/
1957
June
June
July
July
July

22
29
6
13
20

119
10?
9k
10k
101

1956
June
June
July
July
July

23 109
30 105
7
90
lit 99
21 96

1955
June
July
July
July
July

25
2
9
16
23

103
98
87
97
9k

r—revisede
1/ 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 o
Vveekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks*