Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : November 12, 1959

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 12, 1959.

H.8a

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Federal Reserve

Percentage change from corresponding period a year
One week ending

District

Nov. 7l0ct. 311 Oct. 241 Oct. 17

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ 3
+ 2
-11
+ 6

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

- 5 r+10
+ 7 r+13
+ 7 .• + 7
+16 - + 1

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

- 1
+ 3
+11
+12

U.S. Total

+ 5

+ 7
+ 6
0
+ 9

+
+
r+

8
1
1
6

+ 7

Four weeks
ending
Nov. 7 _

to
Nov. 7

+ 4
+ 8
+ 7
+10

+ 7
+ 6
- 2
+13

+ 5
+ 6
- 2
+10 .

+
+
+
+

3
3
4
7

+13
+10
+12
+ 2

+ 9
+ 8
+17
+11

+ 7
+10
+11
+ 8

+
+
+
+

4
7
9
6

+
+
+

5
4
1
2

+22
+ 7
+ 5
+ 6

+
+
+
+

4
3
4
6

+ 6
+ 7
+ 7
+icr

+ 7

+10

+ 7

+ 7

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 l/
1959
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.

10
17
24
31
7

151
160
150
145
155

1958
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov.
Nov.

11
18
25
1
8

147
146
140
136
148

1957
Oct,
Oct,
Oct.
Nov,
Nov.

12
19
26
2
9

142
138
136
130

145

r—Revised.
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 indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of
the Federal Reserve Banks,
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