Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : October 16, 1958

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 16, 1958.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage' change frcm corresponding period a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Four weeks
Jan. 1
une week ending
to
ending
Oct. 11
Oct. 11
Oct. 11J Oct. 4| Sept. 271 Sept. 20
0
1
- 6
- 6

+
+
+
-

7
1
3
2

+ 8

+ 9
r+ 7
+ h
+10

7
2
- 6
1
-

- 2
+ 2
0
+ k

+ 1
. + u
0
+ k

-

1
1
k
2

+ 2

r+ 7

+ 3
+ 3

+20
-6

3
r+ 3
+ 1
+ 1

0
+ 7

+
-

1
2
1
1

+ k

+ 7

Boston
Keyi York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+16

- 2
+ 3

r+ 9
+15
r+15
r- 1

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+ 2
+11
+ 2
+ 2

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+5

+ 5 . r+12

U. S. Total

r

-

-

-

+
-

2

0
+ 2
0
- h

+5

+ 2
- 2

3
6
1
2

- 1

+ 1

+ 2

+ 5

- 1

U. S . -weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 19U7-U9
1958
kept. 13
Sept. 20
Sept. 27
Oct.
4
Oct. 11

1U5
136
136
rl45
147

1957
Sept.
Sept
Sept
Oct.
Oct.

Ik
21
28
5
12

mo.

135

139

136
142

1956
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Oct.
Oct.

=

15
22
29
6
:
13

iooi/
1U2

1 k3

ikl
138
146

v-—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.