Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : November 6, 1958

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF TIF FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IflEDIVTS RELEASE
November 6 , 1958.
October department s t o r e s a l e s were near t h e September l e v e l , b u t 5 p e r
cent above October a year ago. The B o a r d ' s s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d index f o r October i s
e s t i m a t e d a t 135 p e r cent of t h e 19b.7-ll9 average compared w i t h 136 i n September and
129 i n October 1957.
1957
1958
Oct.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Index of department s t o r e s a l e s 1 /
19^7-19=100
129
Adjusted f o r s e a s o n a l v a r i a t i o n
Ik7
136
el35
12 9
13U
Without s e a s o n a l adjustment
elll
138
WEEKLY DEPART!#!# STORE SALES
F e d e r a l Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a y e a r
r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)
Four weeks
One weeK ending
ending
Nov. 1
Nov. 1 |i Oct . 25
Oct. 18 1 Oct . 11

Jan. 1
to
Nov, 1

^

+ 7
+ 1

+ 3
3
r+ 7
r 0

+ 9
+1U
+16
+ 8

+16
5
2
+ 2

+10
+ 7
+ 7
+ 3

+
+
+
-

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

+
+
+
+

7
5
1
7

r+ 3
r+ 5
- 1
+ 3

+10
+ 7
0
+ 7

+

+

2
8
2
2

+ 6
+ 6
0
+ 5

0
- 1
- h
- 1

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

+ 2
+11
+ 6
+ k

r+ 3
+ k
- 3
r+ 8

- 1
+ 1
0
0

2
5
3
+ 3

+
+
+
+

1
5
2
h

- 1
+ 2
- 1
0

+ 6

+

+ h

0

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

. U. s . T o t a l

+11
+

.+ 5

' +

+

3

+

h

1
2
1
3

U. £). weekly i n d e x , without s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 19U7-U9 = IOCS/
1958
1956
195?
Oct.
b
Oct.
Oct.
6
136
138
1U5
5
Oct. 11
Oct. 13
Oct. 12
1U2
11*6
1U7
Oct. 18
Oct. 20
1U6
138
Oct. 19
1W
Oct. 25
lUo
Oct. 27
Oct. 26
136
139
Nov.
1
Nov,
Nov,
130
137
2
13lt
3
r—Revised.
' e—Estimated.
1 / Monthly-indexes r e f e r t o d a i l y average s a l e s i n c a l e n d a r month. October 1958
f i g u r e s e s t i m a t e d from weekly s a l e s .
2 / 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 1958 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 1958* pp* ltl2-l|21.
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 are 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,