Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : March 27, 1958

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H.8a

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR MEDIATE RELEASE
March 27, 1958.
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)V
Four weeks | J a n . 1
One week ending
ending
1
to
Mar. 22 1 Mar. 22
Mar. 22 1 Mar. 15 j Mar. ti | Mar. 1

Boston
Nev/ York
Philadelphia^
Cleveland

- 1
- 6
-19
+ .2

+
r+
-

8
9
1
9

+ 2
+15
+22
+ h

+. 2
+ 8
r+13
+ 1

+
+
-

1
6
2
1

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

-19
- 1
- 6
- 6

r+
-

2
ij.
1
6

+ 5
r+17
+ 1
+ 3

+13
0
- 6
0

+
-

2
5
3
2

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

- 3
0
- h
+ 5

+17
- 2
- 3
- 5

+13
- 1
+ 2
+ 1

- h

- 1

+ 7

U. S. t o t a l

'

-k
- 6
- 8
+ 1
+ 1

s

!

!
i
1
i
1.
i

+
-

3
1
h
h

-

U
3
5
5

+ 6
- 2
- 3
0

-

i
2
h
2

+ 1

- 2

U. S. weekly 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 , 19^7-14.9=100^^
1953
Feb. 22
Mar. 1
Mar. 8
Mar. 15
Mar. 22

82
100
105
106
109

1957
Feb. 23
Mar. 2
Mar. 9
Mar. _16Mar. 23

100
99
96
107
113

19#
T e b .
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

25
3
10
17
2k

97
10U
109
105
112

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
y e a r E a s t e r was on A p r i l 21 while t h i s year i t w i l l be on A p r i l 6 . 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 6 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 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, p p . 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 o b t a i n e d 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 the 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
F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.