Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : September 13, 1956

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BOARD OF GOVE RIGORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.8a

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 13, 1956
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES ,

Federal Reserve
District

Percent age change frcm corresponding period a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
Ore week ending
ending
to
Sept. 8 | Sept. 1 |
Sept, 8
Sept. 8
I Aug. 25 I Aug. 18

Boston
Nev; York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
+

2
3
6
6

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

- 5
+ 5
+ 6
+1U

r+
+
r+

Minneapolis
Lmsas City
Dallas
San Francisco
U. S. Total

- 1
r 0
r- 9
0

+ h
+ 7
+ 8
+11

+19
+ 3
+ 3
+ 2

5
4
2
h

+ 1
+10
. +iU
r+ 6

+ 2
+ 3
+10
+ 2

+ 5
+ 9
+15
+ i

+ 6
r+ 1
+ U
r+11

+11
+10
+ 6
- 2

r+ 7
0
+ 2
+ 2

j + U

+ 2

+ 8

+ 5

1
i

|

+
+
+

5
1
2
5

+
+
+
+

3
h
h
h

+
+
+

2
6
8
6

+
+
+
+

3
6
h
5

+
+
+
+

7
5
6
3

+
+
+
+

5
2
U
2

+ 5

+

h

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U, S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 19U7-U9=100 1/
L956
Aug. 11
Aug. 18
Aug. 25
Sept. 1
Sept. 8

195k

M S
107
111.
120
rl28
112

Aug. 13
Aug. 20
Aug. 27
Sept. 3
Sept. 10

100
106
111
125
108

Aug. 1U
Aug. 21
Aug. 28
Sept. U
Sept. 11

97
100
102
113
97

r—Revised.
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1/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1952
see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 19$2, pp. 359-362. Indexes for the period
April 1952 to date may be obtained upon request from the Division of Research and
Statistics.
Y.eekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.