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9 S 1 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 2 ^ , 1 9 5 6

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WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

P e r c e n t a g e c h a n g e f r o 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 ago
( B a s e d on r e t a i l d o l l a r a m o u n t s )
Four weeks
Jan. 1
One week e n d i n g
to
ending
May 19
I m y 19
May 19
| May 12-* I May 5 *
I A p r . 2b

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
+
+
+

2
6
9
6

+20
r+18
r+13
+20

-12
- 5
+ 6
— 6

Richmond
AtlantaChicago
S t . Louis

+12
+12 '
+ 5
+ 6

+20
r+25
+13
+33

-

- 3
- 2
- 3
+
2

Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
+
+

3
5
6
3

+
+
+
+

1
3
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+ 5
+ 5
+ i

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+
+
+
+

2
5
2
5

+
+
+
+

3
l
3
1

+ 5
+ 2
- 3
— 6

U.S.

5
6
9
5

+21
+23
+31
+16

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+ 6

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Total

5
7
3
2

+19

- 7

+
+

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7
9

5
6
7
1

- 1

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+
+
+

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8

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2
3
2

+ k

+ 3

U. S . w e e k l y 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 , 1 9 1 7 - b 9 = 1 0 0 1 /
1956
" Apr.
Apr.
May
Way
May

1955
21
28
5
12
19

113
119
125
129
122

Apr.
A
Pr.
May
May
May

195U
23
30
7
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112
120
13k
108
115

A p r . 2k
May
1
' May
8
May 1 5
May 22

101
112
123
97
106

r—Revised.
1 / F o r 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 Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1952, 359-362.
Indexes for the period A p r i l
1952 t o d a t e may b e o b t a i n e d u p o n r e q u e s t from, t h e D i v i s i o n of R e s e a r c h and
Statistics.
— C o m p a r i s o n s a r e a f f e c t e d by t h e f a c t t h a t M o t h e r ' s Day i s one week l a t e r t h i s
year than l a s t .
Weekly 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 Banks.
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