Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : June 11, 1959

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 11, 1959.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
June 6
June 6 1 May 30 ! May 231 May 16
June 6

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ 6
+10
+17
+15

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis^

+ 8
+ 2
+14
+ 8

+
r+
+
r+

1
2
8
6

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
.Sari" Francisco

+16
+ 6
+ 6
+13

+
+
r+

1
2
1
3

U.S. Total

+11

r+ 4
' + 5
r+11
' + 4

+ 5

+ 6
+10
+ 5
+12

+10
+ 7
+ 8
+10

+ 6
+ 8
+10
. +10

+ 5
+ 6
+12
+ 4

+ 5
+ 4
+10
+ 5

+_5
+ 3
+11
+ 6

+-7
+ 7
+ 9
+ 9

+
+
+
+

+ 5
+ 9
+ 9
+11

r+
+
+
+

3
6
8
8

+ 9

r+
+
+

1
7
7
9

+ 9

|
|

5
4
5
8

+
+
+
+

5
4
7
7

+ 9

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49=100 l/
1959
May 9
158
May 16 137
May 23 139
May 30 122
June 6 150
r—Revised.
1/ For description and
see Federal Reserve
Weekly indexes at
the Federal Reserve

19 <8
May 10
May 17
May 24
May 31
June 7

138
126
128
116

1957
May 11
May 18
May 25
June 1
June 8

143
129
124
117
134

weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1958
Bulletin for April 1958, pp. 412-421.
the district and city levels are published by several of
Banks.




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