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BOARD CF GOVERNORS CF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR MEDIATE RELEASE
June 20, 1957
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a y e a r ago

F e d e r a l Reserve
District

One v/eek ending
June 15 T June 8 I June 1 I May 25

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

- 3
- 8__

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

0
+ 8
- 6
- 3

+
+

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

- 2
+ 3
+16
0

+ 2

- 2

- 3

U . S . Total

u. s.
1957
May 18
May" 25
June 1
June 8
June 15

r~
-

- 1

9
2
if.
3

+5

+ k
- h

+5

+
+
+
-

1
3
2
1
h

0
- 1

-5

h
h
2
9

+ i

+ 5

+

- 5

- 3
- k

+ 3
+ 2
0

- 5

+ l
- l
0

- 1
+ 2
+ 1

+ 2
0
4 2
+ 1

0

+ 2

+ 6
r+ 6

0
0
+ 3

- 5

r+ 1

+ 1

- i

1956

- 5

- 5

weekly i n d e x , without s e a s o n a l adjustment

120
116110
rl25
129

Jan. 1
to
June 15

+ 3
+ 2
- 1

+
+
-

3
7
2
2

- k
+ 1
- 1

Four weeks
ending
June 15

May 19
May 26
June 2
June 9
June 16

122
117
109
12U .
131

1947-19=100 1 /
1955
May
May
June
June
June

21
28

h

11
18

115
11U
102
11U
117

.

r—Revised.
*—Data n o t a v a i l a b l e .
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, pp. 359-362. Indexes f o r t h e 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 S t a tistics,
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.