Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : April 17, 1958

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' H.8a

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE.SYSTEM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 1958.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts )V
Jan, 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
Apr. 12
A.pr. 12 j Apr. 3 | Mar. 29 •| Mar. 22
Apr. 12

Boston
New, York
Philadelphia .
Cleveland

-25
-19
-25
-21

+11
+19
+11
+ 9

+12
+11
+ 2
- 2

0
- 5
-20
+ 2

1
+ 1
- 8
- 3

- 3
+ 1
- k
- h

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

-17
-1U
-17
-16

+1U
r+13
+ 2
+ o

2
3
- 3
- I

-18
- 1
- 5 - 6

5
l
- 6
- 5

-

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

-10
-10
-10
- 6

r+23
+20
+18
0

2
k
0
- 1

0
0
- 3
- 2

U. S. total

1958
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.

15
22
29
5
12

+
-

+- 1
6
- 3
- 2

- 3
, + 1
- k

+

-

-

+

3
3
5
5

- 2
+ 2
+11
. -16
- 2
1
- h
2/
U. S. 7/eekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 19l{.7-l:9=10C—

106
109
llU
125
103

1957
liar. 16
Mar. 23
Mar. 30
Apr. 6
-Apr. 13

107
113
112
113
122

1956
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.

17
2k
31
7
Ik

105
112
122
10U

llU

r~=Revised.
3./ During March and April changes frun. a year ago reflect in part the fact that last
year taster was on April 21 while this year it was on April 6. For this reason
it is estimated that in comparison with last year an allowance should be made for
an increase in sales of about 6 per cent for the month of March as a whole and a
corresponding decrease for the month of April. These allowances apply to the
figures for the United States.
2/ 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 April1952 to date may be obtained upon request from the Division of Research and
Statistics.
" 'meekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.
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