Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : March 22, 1956
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR- IMMEDIATE RELEASE H.8a. March 2 2 , 1 9 5 6 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES P e r c e n t a g e change f r c m c o r r e s p o n d i n g p e r i o d a y e a r a g o District ! One week e n d i n g i Mar.. 17 Boston Hew Y o r k Philadelphia Cleveland ( • p 1 i Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis i + 2 \:l Minneapolis Kansas C i t y Dallas San F r a n c i s c o U. S . T o t a l 0 1 i - 5 l - i1 1 9 M a r . 10 I iviar. 3 - 2 r+ 9 r+10 +18 +12 . + 7 + 5 + 8 + 3 + 7 + 6 r+10 + + 1 2 8 8 r+ r+ r+ + + + 1 2 5 3 2 1 8 3 Four weeks 1 J a n . 1 | to ending | M a r . 17 | F e b . 25 i M a r . 17 + + + + ' + 3 +16 + + 8 k + " n + 6 + 4 - i : 6 + 7 + 3 + 2 +12 0 i i | - 1i j I 1 + 3 + 1 2 + 2 • !i ' 9 0 + 7 hi U 1 8 3 ' + i+ o + 2 0 1 + u I 2 + 3 U. S . iweekly i n d e x , 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 . 19a7-It9=100 2 / 1956 Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. 195k 1955 18 25 3 10 17 . 95 97 lOit 109 ^.106 Feb. Feb. Mar. war. Mar. 19 26 5 12 19 90 -93 98 102 108 Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. 20 27 6 13 20 90 85 92 95 r—Revised. . 1 / L u r i n g m a r c h and A p r i l c h a n g e s f r o m a y e a r 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 y e a r m a s t e r was on A p r i l 10 w h i l e t h i s y e a r i t w i l l be on A p r i l 1 , F o r t h i s r e a s o n i t i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t i n c o m p a r i s o n w i t h l a s t y e a r a n a l l o w a n c e s h o u l d be made f o r a n i n c r e a s e i n s a l e s of a o o u t h p e r c e n t f o r t h 6 month of March a s a w h o l e and a c o r r e s p o n d i n g d e c r e a s e f o r t h e m o n t h of A p r i l . These a l l o w a n c e s a p p l y t o the f i g u r e s for the United S t a t e s . 2[ For d e s c r i p t i o n a n d w e e k l y i n d e x e s f o r t h e p e r i o d J a n u a r y 1937 t o March 1952 s e e F e d e r a l R e s e r v e B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1952, p p . 3 5 9 - 3 6 2 . Indexes f o r the p e r i o d April j.952 t o d a t e may be o b t a i n e d upon r e q u e s t f r o m t h e D i v i s i o n of R e s e a r c h a n d c-,ati s t i e s . e e k l y i n d e x e s 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 b y s e v e r a l of t h e f e d e r a l Reserve Ranks.