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' H.8a

BOARD OF GOi/EMORS OF THE FEDERAL RE,SERVE SYSTEM

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FOR MEDIATE RELEASE
October 10, 1957•

VvEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
P e r c e n t a g e change from c o r r e s p o n d i n g 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 e n d i n g
to
ending
S e p t . 1U
Oct. 5
Oct. 5
O c t . 5 | S e p t . 281 S e p t . 211

F e d e r a l Reserve
District
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

- 7
- 6
+ 2
0

- k
- 3
r- 4
r- 1

-13
-11
-11
- 9

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

+ 3
+ 9
- 2
0

r+ 3
r- 1
0
r- 1

- 7
+ v
- 5
- 4'

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

- 8
+ 2
+ 5
0

+ 3
0
r+ 8
r 0

+ 8
+ 7
+ 9
0

• 0

0

U. S . T o t a l

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-10
- 5
- 6
- 2

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8
6
5
3

0
•+ 3
+ 2
- 1

- 6

* 5
+ h

- 2
+ 2
- 1
0

+ 3
+ 3
+ 2
0

+ 2
r+ 7
+. 5
+ U

+ 4
+ 7
+ 1.

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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 , 19ii7-H9 lCQ 1 /
1957
Sept. 7
Sept. l h
Sept . 21
S e p t . 28
Oct. 5

113
131
126
130
127

1956
Sept. 8
S e p t . 15
S e p t . 22
Sept.29
Oct. 6

112
130
131
130
127

1955
" S e p t . 10
S e p t . 17
Sept.2k
Oct. 1
Oct. 8

108
125
121
126
125

r—Revised.
1 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly i n d e x e s f o r t h e p e r i o d J a n u a r y 1937 t o March 1952 s e e
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 1952, p p . 3 5 9 - 3 6 2 . I n d e x e s 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 o b t a i n e d upon r e q u e s t from t h e D i v i s i o n of R e s e a r c h and S t a tistics.
Weekly i n d e x e s 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 R e s e r v e Banks.