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•7fc<f 1 H.8a BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 1959. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Federal Reserve District One week ending Sept. 12*'Sent. 5*1 Aug. 291 Aug, 22 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland -14 -17 -18 -11 +12 r+10 +19 +25 -14 -14 -13 -11 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis -15 + 5 -10 - 9 +12 +20 +24 r+20 -15 r- 1 - 5 - 6 + - Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco - +20+18 +25 r+27 c-13 - 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 - 1 + 5 +11 +20 - 7 - l U.S. Total 6 3 7 1 - 9 132 132 1# 148 132 19 58 Aug. 16 Aug, 23 Aug, 30 Sept . 6 Sept . 13 8 4 4 2 Jan. 1 to Sent. 12 8 9 7 1 + + + + 3 2 5 6 - 7 + 6 + 1 0 + + + + 5 7 8 7 + + + 1 2 5 9 + 5 + 8 + 8 +11 0 + 7 - *3 ! 1959 Aug. 15 Aug. 22 Aug. 29 Sept. 5 Sept. 12 ! U. S. weekly index. without seasonal -14 -11 -12 - 2 Four weeks ending Sent, 12 124 134 149 123 145 1957 Aug, 17 Aug. 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 122 130 144 121 140 r—Revised, c—Corrected. 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. * 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, while the week ending September 12, 1959 had one less trading day than the week ending September 13 last year. I
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