Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 28, 1959

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.8a

'- '

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 28, 1959.
IJE'EKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Perce it age change from correspending period a year ago
X3ased_on_retail dollar armunts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
May 23
May 23
Kay 23 1 May 16 I May 9 i May 2

Federal Reserve
District
Boston
i-Jev York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

. + 6 - +10
+10
+7
+ 8
+ 5
r+10
+13

*

*

*

*

+ 7
+18

- 1
+ 5

+ 5
+12

+ 7
+ 7

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

•+ 6
' + 9
+12
+ 7

+15
+16.
+21
+23

+ 1
+ 3
+11
c+12

+ 7
+ 8
+14
+12

+
+
+
+

+15 .
r+13
+ 8
+14 •

+ 4
+13
+14
+ 7

+ 5
+10
+ 9
+10

+ 5
+10
+ 9
+11

+10

+ 8

+
+
+
+

Minneapo]is
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
U. S. Total

1

4
6
8
9

+ 9

+ 6

+ 5
r+ 4
+10
r+ 5
+
+
+

2
7
7
9

.+ 9

+14

+ 6

+ 7

+ 5

+ 7

:

|
|
l
j

7
7
9
9

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49 = 100^
Apr.
May
May
May
May

25
2
9
16
23

141
141
158
137
140

1958
Apr.
May
May
May
May

26
3
10
17
24

136
132
138
126
128

195?
Apr.
May
May
May
May

27
4
11
18
25

131
143
143
129
124

r—Revised,
c—Corrected.
*Data not available.
l/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1958 see
Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1958, pp. 412-421.
Weekly inde -.es at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.