Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : June 28, 1956

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

FOR B/MEDIATE RELEASE
June 28, 1956
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
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)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
June 23
June 23
June 23 | June 16 | June 9 f June 2

Federal Reserve
District

+ 9
+ h
+ 9
+10

+
+
+
+

3
5
h
6

•

+17
+ 9
+ 7
+ k

+
+
+
+

5
2
3
1

1

+ 8

+ h

1
6
6
8

5
2
o
6

+17
+ 5
+13
+12

+11
> 9
+ 8
+13

+
+
+
+

1
1
9
9

1i

+12
+ 9
+ 6
+ k

r+18
+10
+ 5
+ 3

+11
+ 9
+ 6
+ 3

+31
+ 8
+ 9
+ 5

|!
!1
,

+ 6

+12

+ 9

+
+
+
+

U.S. T o t a l

2
k
5
5

+
+
+
+

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago :
S t . Louis
1

+
+
+
+

+15
+11
+11
+ u

+12
+ 9
+10
+ 3

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+10
+10
+11
+ 7

+ 9
+13
r+16
+1U

Boston
iMew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

1

+7

|
|1

U. S. weekly i n d e x , without seasonal a d j u s t m e n t , 19Ltf-k9-100 1 /
1956
May 26
June 2
•June 9
June 16
Juhe 23

1955
117
109
12 U
131
109

Li ay
June
June
June
June

195 U
28
I4
11
18
25

11U
102
114
117
103

May
June
June
June
June

29
5
12
19
26

10k
97
111
115
97

r—Revised.
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
Federal 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 the p e r i o d A p r i l
1952 to d a t e 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
Federal Reserve Banks.