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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR MEDIATE RELEASE
February 13, 1958.
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WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
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U. S. weekly index, 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 , 19l47-b9=1003/
1958 "
J a n . 11
108
Jan . 18
102
Jan. 25
93
Feb. 1
92
feb. 8
93
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1957 .
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Jan.
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Feb.
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19
26
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107
100
96
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101
1956
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1 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r the 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, pp.' 359-362. Indexes f o r the 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
Statistics,
„
.
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 the
F e d e r a l Reserve Banks,
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