Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 23, 1957

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3.8a

BOAED OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR MEDIATE REIEASE
May 23, 1957

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Federal

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Reserve

District

Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a year ago
One week ending
May 16

May 11 I May U | Apr. 27

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
+
-

h
3
2
3

+
+
+
r-

5
7
3
1

+
+
+

2
6
6
6

- 2
- 1
+ 1
+13

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

+
-

2
1
3
2

r+
r+
- +
-

6
6
7
n

+ 5
+ 2
+13
+ 7

+19
0
* + 2
+ 6

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

-

3
6
2.
U

r+
+
+

7
3
7
1

+12
+ 8
- 3
- 2

+ 7
+ 3
- 9
0

+ 6

+ 3

+ 6

+ 3

+ 3

U. S. T o t a l

- 2

Jan. 1
to
May 18

Four weeks
ending
May 10

+ 2
+ k
+ 2
0

+_ 1
+ k
+ 2
+ h
+
+
+
+

6
2
5
l

'

+ 5
+ 1
+ k

0

+ 3
0
- 2
__o

- 1

i

+ 2

U. S . weekly i n d e x , without s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , ' 191+7-li9=100 2/
1957
Apr.
Apr.
May
May
May

20
27
k
11
18

129
123
132
133
120

1956 .
~5pr,
Apr.
May
May
May

21
28
5
12
19

113
119
125
129
122

1955
Apr.
Apr.
May
May
May

23
30
7
ll|
21

112
120
13U
108
115

r—Revised.
1 / During A p r i l changes from a year ago r e f l e c t t h e f a c t t h a t l a s t y e a r E a s t e r was
cn A p r i l 1 while t h i s y e a r i t was on A p r i l 21. For t h i s reason i t i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t
i n comparison w i t h l a s t year an allowance should be made f o r an i n c r e a s e i n s a l e s
of about 8 p e r cent f o r t h e month of A p r i l as a whole. These allowances apply t o
the f i g u r e s f o r t h e United S t a t e s ,
2/ For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d January 1937 t o March 1952 see
F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1952, p p . 359-362* Indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d A p r i l
1952 t o date may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from t h e D i v i s i o n of Research and S t a tistics.
Weekly indexes 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 the
F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.