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BOARD OF GOVERNORS GF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H.8a FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 1957. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES ** f 1 District Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Jan. 1 Four weeks One week ending ending to Dec. 14I Dec. Dec. 14 Dec. 14 -Oj Federal Reserve Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland + + + + 7 k 9 5 - 1 - 7 -14 - 7 -21 -22 -22 -22 + 1 +10 + 2 + 7 - 3 4 6 5 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis + 8 + 6 0 - 1 r-10 r+ 2 - 3 r- 3 -23 - 8 -23 -21 - 3 -10 + 1 + 3 - 6 2 6 5 + k - 1 ^ - 4 - 3 0 - 2 - 7 - 8 -14 -18 -14 -18 - 8 *+ 9 +16 + 5 - 4 4 4 7 + 3 - 5 -19 + 4 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco U. S. Total - 1 + 1 0 - 2 + + + - . 1 2 1 1 + 2 0 + 2 - 1 • + 1 - 4 ~ U. 5 . weekly index, without seasonal adjustment , 1947-49=100 1 / 1957 iNOV. iNov. Nov. Dec. Dec. y 16 23 30 7 14 . 1U2 155 159 215 267 1956 Nov. 17 Nov. 2k Dec. 1 Dec. 8 Dec. 15 151 149 197 226 260 1955 Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. 19 26 3 10 17 142 146 197 235 255 r—Revised. V For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly-indexes f o r t h e period January 1937 t o March 1952 see Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes f o r t h e period A p r i l 1952 t o date may be obtained upon request from the Division 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 are published by s e v e r a l of t h e Federal Reserve Banks. * Comparisons are a f f e c t e d by the f a c t t h a t Thanksgiving Day i s one week l a t e r t h i s year t h a n l a s t . j