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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

H.8a
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FOR MEDIATE RELEASE
September 25, 1958.

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F e d e r a l Reserve
District

WEEKLY 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
(Base*i on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)
Four weeks
One week <Bnding
to
ending
S e p t . 20
S e p t . 20 I S e p t . 13j| S e p t . 6 IAug. 30
S e p t . 20

6
3

+ 7
+
+ 1
+ 2

+ 9
+
+
0

h
k

0
+ 2
0
-

h

r+13
+ 5
0
+ 1

8
5
5
l

+
+
+

+
+
+

6
5
2
3

-

1
1
u
2

2
5
l
3

r+

+ 1
+10
+ 3
+ 2

- 1
+
+ 1
+ 1

+
-

2
2
2
1

+

+ 2

- 1

Boston
tvew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
+
+
-

7
1
3
2

+12
r+ 9
r+ 8
+ 1

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

- 2
+ 2
0
+

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

+
-

+ 1

U. S . T o t a l

+

9

k

5
3
1
3

I

1
2
2
2

+ U

+

2

k

6
9
2
6

3

h

!

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 ,
1958
Aug.
Aug.
Sept.
Sept.
Sept.

23
30
6
13
20

13U

IbS

123
1U5
136

1957
Aug.
Aug. 3 1
Sept. 7
S e p t . 111
S e p t . 21

2k

130
HiU
121
1U0
135

.

h

19b7-h9 ~

1956
Aug. 25
Sept. 1
Sept. 6
S e p t . 15
S e p t . 22

100-^
130
139
122
1U2
1U3

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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 1958 s e e
F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1958, p p . U12-U21.
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 Reserve Banks.