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

FOR ItSEDIATE RELEASE
June l L , 1956
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

F e d e r a l Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a year ago
(Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)
Four weeks
Jan. 1
One week ending
ending
to
June 9 | June 2 | May 26 j1 May 19
June 9
June 9

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland '

+15
+11
+12
+ h

+
+
r+
+

1
6
6
8

- 5
- 1
0
+ k

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago^
S t . Louis

+11
+ 9
+ 8
+13

+
r+
+
+

1
1
9
9

+
+
+

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San F r a n c i s c o

+11
+ 9
+ 7
+ 2

+31
r+ d
+ 9
+ 5

+10
+ 5
+ 5
+ l

+
+
+
+

+ 9

+ 7

+ 3

U . S . Total .

7
h
5
6

+
/ +
+
+

2
6
8
6

+
+
+
+

3
5
6
6

+
+
+
+

1
3
h
5

+12
+12
+ 5
+ 6

+
+
+
+

h
6
6
9

+
+
+
+

2
5
3
5

5
7
3
3

+13
+ 7
+ 6
+ 3

+
+
+
+

h
l
3
1

+ 6

+ 6

+ 3

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U. S. weekly index, w i t h o u t s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 1917-19=100 .1/
1956
May 12
May 19
May 26
June 2
June 9

1955
129
122
__117
109
12U

May
May
May
June
June

m
lh
21
28
b
11

108
115
ill*
102
11U

• May
May
May
June
June

15
22
29
5
12

97
106
lOit
97
111

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1 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r the 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, 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.
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 the
F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.