Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : July 5, 1957

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR M E D I A T E RELEASE
July 5, 1957.

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Department store sales increased slightly in June after allowance for the
usual seasonal change. The adjusted index is estimated at 127 per cent of the
19U7-U9 average, compared with 125 for May and 121; for June a year ago# Total
dollar sales were 2 per cent greater than a year ago in the first half of 1957.
-ndex of department store sales 1/
19U7~U9=100
Adjusted for seasonal variation
without seasonal adjustment

June

1957
May

Apr,

el27
el22

125
123

122
122

1956
3une
12U
119

WEEKLY DEPART El\iT STORE SALES
Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
Federal Reserve
District
Boston
Hew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St, Louis

Jan. 1
to
June 29
+ 1
+ k
+ 2
- 1

Four weeks
ending
! June ti
June 29
June 29 | June 22 I June 15 |
- 1
+13
- 1
- 9
- 3
- i
- 2
r+11
+• 5
+ 3
+20
+ 5
+ h
- 3
- k
- 8
r+ 6
- l
- 2
- 3
One week ending

l
3
2
3

+19
r+12
+10
r+ 7

0
r+ 7
- 5
- 3

Minneapolis
Kansas City
DallnS
San Francisco

+11
- 3
+ 2
+ 1

0
0
+ 5
r+ 8

- 2
+ 3
+16
- 1

U. S, Total

+ 2

+ 9

- 2

+
-

-

+ 2
+ 3
0

0
+ 5
+ 6
+ 6

+ 2
+ 1
+ 8
+ k

+ 2
0
+ 2
+ 1

+ 1

+ 2

+ 2

3
7
2
2

+
+
+
+

+ k

3
6
1
1

+
+

-

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjusted, 19^7-^9=100 1/
1957
June 1
June 8
June l£
June 22
June 29

110
125
129
119
107

1956
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 23
June 30

109

12U

131
109
105

1955
June k
June 11
June 18
June 25
July 2

102

11U
117
103
98

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