Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 31, 1957

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H»8a

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 31, 1957
WEEKLY DEPAR1MENT STCEE SALES

District
*

Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a y e a r ago
(Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
ending
to
May 25
May 25
May 25 I May lti | May 11 I May U

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
-

k
1
1
U

+
+
r-

h
3
2
k

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

+
+
-

3
2
1
5

+
-

2
1
3
2

Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San F r a n c i s c o

+ 1
- i
0
- 5

- 3
— 6
- 2
r- 3

U. S« Total

- 1

- 2

1
k
2
1

+ 2
+ h
+ 2
0

+ 5
+ 2
+13
+ 7

+ 3
+ 3
+ k
- 1

+ 5
+ 1
+ 3
0

7
3
7
1

+12
+ 8
- 3
r+ 2

+ h
+ 1
- 3
- 1

+ 3
0
- 2
0

+ 3

+ 6

+ 2

+ 2

+
+
+
" -

5
7
3
1

+ 6
+ 6
+ 7
- h
+
+
+

+
+
+

2
6
6
6

+
+
+
-

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 , 19^7-^9=100 1 /
1957
Apr.
May
May
May
May

27

k

11
18
25

123
rl33
133
120
116

1956
Apr.
May
May
May
May

28
5
12
19
26

119
125
129
122
117

1955
Apr. 30
May
7
May lit
• May 21
May 28

120
13U
108
115
lib

r—Revised.
1 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d January 1937 t o March 1952 see
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, p p . 359-362. Indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d
A p r i l 1952 t o d a t e may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from t h e D i v i s i o n of Research and
Statistics.
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 p u b l i s h e d by s e v e r a l of t h e
F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.