Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : September 10, 1959

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H.8a

OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 10, 1959.
MEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
One week ending
Sent. 5* 1 Aug. 291 Aug. 22!Aug. 15
+12
+ 9
+19
+25

-14
-14
-13
-11

'Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+12
+20
+24
+19

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+20
+18
+25
+28

U. S. Total

+20

Four weeks
ending ,
Sent. 5

Jan. 1
to
Sent. 5

-14
-11
-12
- 2

0
0
+ 3
+ 4

-'5
- 5
- 2
+ 3

+
+
+
+

4
3
6
7

-15
r- 2
- 5
- 6

+
-

+
+
+
+

+
+
+

+
+
+
+

5
7
9
7

r+
r+

3
5
1
1

- 2
- 1
+ 5
+11

+11
+ 8
+ 7
+11

+ 3
+ 4
+ 9
+11

+ 6
+ 8
+ 8
+11

- 7

- 1

+ 6

+ 4

+ 8

8
4
4
2

1
9
6
4

3
7
5
3

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 l/
1259
Aug. 8
131
Aug. 15
132
Aug. 22
132
Aug. 29 rl39
Sept. 5 148

1998
Aug . 9
Aug . 16
Aug . 23
Aug . 30
Sept. 6

MP
124
134
149
123

1957
Aug. 10
Aug. 17
Aug. 24
Aug. 31
Sept . 7

118
122
130
144
121

r—Revised,
^
l/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1958
see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1958, pp. 412-4-21.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of
the Federal Reserve Banks.
* Labor Day in 1958 occurred in the week ending September 6, whereas this
year it occurred one week later. Therefore, the week ending September 5, 1959,
had one more trading day than the corresponding week last year.