Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : March 19, 1959

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 19, 1959.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal 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)jy
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
March 14
March 14
Mar. 141 Mar, 7| Feb. 2tt*j Feb. 21*

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

-10
- 8
+ 4
+ 8

0
- 1
+ 2
r+ 6

+10
- 4
+ 8
+11

+30
+47
+45
+17

+ 6
+ 4
+11
+10

+
+
+
+

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

+11
+ 6
+15
+18

r- 1
+ 6
r+ 2
+10

+12
+ 8
+17
+12

+30
+23
+19
+12

+12
+10
+13
+13

+ 9
+ 7+ 8
+10

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

+ 9
+19
+12
+18

r- 4 —
+ 7
+ 8
r+13

+11
+17
+13
+ 5

+ 9
+11
+ 8
+20

+14
+10
+14

+ 5
+12
+ 9
+13

+10

+24

+11

+ 9

+ 9

U. S . Total

+ 5

4
3
9
5

U. S , weekly i n d e x , without s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 1947-49 = lOOf-/
1959
Feb.
Feb.
Feb,
Mar.
Mar.

111
iu
21
109
28
118
7 "• 118
124.
14--

1958
Feb. 15
Feb. 22
Mar. 1
Mar. 8
Mar. 15

103
88
107
112
114

1957
Feb. 16
Feb. 23
Mar. 2
Mar. 9
Mar. 16

109
107
106
105
114

r—Revised.
- 1 / During March and A p r i l changes from a year ago r e f l e c t i n p a r t t h e f a c t t h a t l a s t
year E a s t e r was on A p r i l 6 while t h i s y e a r i t w i l l be on March 29. For t h i s reason
i t i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t i n comparison w i t h l a s t year an allowance should be made f o r
an i n c r e a s e " i n s a l e s of about 2 p e r cent f o r t h e month of March as a whole and a
corresponding decrease f o r t h e month of A p r i l . These allowances apply t o t h e
f i g u r e s f o r t h e United S t a t e s .
2/ 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 1958 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 1958, p p . Ijl 2-421.
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 published by s e v e r a l of the
Federal Reserve Banks.
* Comparisons a r e a f f e c t e d by s t o r e c l o s i n g s i n sane c i t i e s i n observance of
•Washington's b i r t h d a y , which occurred one week l a t e r t h i s y e a r .