Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 14, 1959

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 14,, 1959.

H.8a
WEEKLY DEPAP.T2-iF.KT STORE SALES

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago

+ 6

+ 6

+ 6

*

*

*

+ 7
+19

- 1
r+ 5

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+15
+17
+20
+23

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

Boston
New York
Philadelphia"
Cleveland

Four weeks
ending
May 9

One week ending
May 9 I May 2 I Apr. 25 1 Apr. 18

Board

U. S. Total

+ 4

Jan. 1
to
May 9
+ 5

- 1
+ 1

- 3
+ 8
- 2
+12

+ 1
+ 9

+ 7
+ 7

+ 1
r+ 3
+10
r+ 8

+
+
+
+

1
2
7
2

+
+
+

6
7
8
6

+J
+ 7
+11
+10

+ 8
+ 7
+ 9
+10

+14
+14
+ 8
+15

+ 4
+13
+14
r+ 7

+
+
+
+

3
9
9
4

+
+
+
+

8
5
7
4

+ 7
+11
+10
+ 7

+ 5
+11
+ 9
+11

+14

r+ 6 y/

+ 4

+ 8

+ 8

.

+ 6

*

. *

I

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49 = 10'&/
1959
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
May
May

11
18
25
2
9

130
132
rl4l >•"
rl40
158

1958
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
May
May

12
19
26
3
10

110
125
136
132
138

1957
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
May
Hay

13
20
27
4
11

131
138
131"
143
143

-Data not available
r—Revised.
if During April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact that last year
Easter was on April 6 while this year it was on March 29. For this reason it is
estimated that in comparison with last year an allowance should be made for a decrease^inT'sales of about 2 per cent for the month of April as a whole. This allowance applies to the figures for the United States.
2/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1958 see
Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 19 5&, pp. 412-421.
^/Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.