Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 29, 1958

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ivay 29 j 1958

VvEEKLI DEPART-JiwT SluRE SALES

F e d e r a l Reserve
District

Boston
Kew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

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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)
Four weeks
Jan. 1
One week ending
ending
to
May 2k\ teay 17 | May 1 0 | May 3
May 2k
2k
+ 3
h
+ 7
0

+

~6

r-

- 5
5

- 3
- 3
- 6

- 6
- 6
- 6

- 6

-11
0
-111

-10

- 8
r- 3

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago-...
S t . Louis

k
- 3
+ 1
+ 8

r- 3

Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San Francisco

+9

+9
+6

U. S. Total

+

+ 7
0
+ 2
+ 3

- 2
- 2
- 2

- h

- 6
- 9

-10

-15

0
- 3

- it
0
+ k
+ 1

- 5
- 5

- 2

- k

- 8

- 2

- 3
0
- 3

- k

- 2
- 2
- 5

- 5

-

H
2
6
- 5

-i.
- u
- 5
- 5

- l
+ 2
0
- 1

- l
0
- 3

- 2
- 3

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 , 19U7-U9=100 1 /
1958
Apr.
bay
Kay
i'.; ay
I- ay

26
136
132
3
10
138
17 r l 2 6
2U 128

1957
Apr.
vAay
Hay
1" ay
May

27
U
11
18
25

131
1U3
11*3129
12U

1956
Apr.
May
May
bay
Jiiay

28
5
12
19
26

129
136
11*0
132
127

r—Ke v i s e d ,
1 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r t n e p e r i o d January 1937 t o March 1958 see
F e d e r a l r e s e r v e B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1958, p p . H12-U21.
Weekly indexes a t t h e d i s t r i c t . a n d c i t y l e v e l s are p u b l i s h e d by s e v e r a l of the
F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.