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.