Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : March 20, 1958

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H.8a

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM .
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 20, 1958.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

F e d e r a l Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a year ago
(Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)j/
Four weeks
Jan. 1
One week ending
to
ending
Mar. 15
Mar. 15 | Mar. ti | Mar. 1 | Feb. 22
Mar. 15
+ 2
+15
+22
+ k

+ 2
+ 8
+12
+ 1

-29
-31
-38
-22

— 8
+ 1
- 2
- 7

+
-

3
2
2
5

2
2
1
6

r+ 5
r+16
+ 1
+ 3

+13
0
- 6
0

-31
-15
-13
-10

+
-

5
1
5
3

-

3
3
5
5

+17
- 2
- 3
- 5

+13
- 1
+ 2
r+ 1

+

+
-

+
-

7
2
U
3

-

l
2
u
3

- 1

+ 7

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

- 8
+ 9
0
- 9

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

+
-

Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San F r a n c i s c o
U. S. t o t a l

4
6
8
1

+ 1

3
2
7
9

-18

- 3

- 2

.1/
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 , 19h7-U9=lCO—
1958
Feb. 15
Feb. 22
Mar. 1
Mar. 8 '
Mar. 15

96
82
100
105
106

1957
Feb. 16
Feb. 23
2
Mar. 9
Mar. 16

102
100
99
98
107

1956
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

18
25
3
10
17

95
97
10k
109
105

r—Revised.
1 / During March and A p r i l changes from a year ago r e f l e c t i n p a r t t h e f a c t t h a t l a s t
year E a s t e r was on A p r i l 21 while t h i s year i t w i l l be on A p r i l 6 . For t h i s r e a s o n
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 6 p e r cent f o r t h e month of March as a whole and a
corresponding decrease f o r t h e month of A p r i l . These allowances apply t o t h e
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 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 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes f o r the p e r i o d A p r i l
1952 t o d a t e may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from the 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 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.