Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 21, 1959
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H.8a FCR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 1959. VJEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES F e d e r a l Reserve Board Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (2lased on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)!/ Four weeks Jan. 1 One week ending •to ending May 16 May 16 1 May 9 | May 2 | A p r i l 25 May 16 + 6 + 6 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland +10 + 7 + 8 +11 + 7 r+18 - 1 + 5 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis + 5 + 6 +10 + 7 +15 r+16 r+21 +23 + 1 + 3 r+11 + 8 + U +13 +1U + 7 r+ 7 v Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco + 7 + 9 r+15 +1U + 8 r+lU J U. S. T o t a l + 9 +1U - 2 + 6 -x- 1 + 1 + 7 + 5 + 3 + 9 + 7 + 7 + + + + 1 2 7 2 + 6 + 7 +12 +10 + + + + + 3 j- 9 + 9 + h + 5 +11 +10 + 8 + +11 h + 8 + 8 + 7 7 9 9 5 +11 + 9 u. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 19U7-U9 - i o o £ / 1959 1958 1957 Apr. 18 Apr. 20 Apr. 19 138 132 125 Apr. 25 lUl Apr. 26 Apr. 27 136 131 , May 2 rlUl May 3 May h 132 1U3 May 9 Fiay 10 May 11 158 138 1U3. Flay 16 May 18 May 17 126 137 129 r—Revised, -"-Data not a v a i l a b l e • 1 / During A p r i l changes from a year ago r e f l e c t i n p a r t the f a c t t h a t l a s t year Easter wason A p r i l 6 while t h i s year i t was on March 29# For t h i s reason i t i s estimated t h a t i n comparison with l a s t year an allowance should fce made f o r a decrease i n s a l e s of about 2 per cent f o r the month of A p r i l as a whole. This allowance a p p l i e s t o the 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-'indexessfor the period January 1937 t o March 1958 see Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1958, p p . lj.12-it.21. 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 F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.
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