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H.8a
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 24, 1959.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
Sept. 191 Sent. 12*1 Sept. 5*{Aus.
'
Sept.
19
Sept.
19
29
Federal Reserve
District
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
+18
+20
+15
+20
-14
-17
r-17
-11
+12
+10
+19
+25
-14
-14
-13
-11
0
- 1
0
+ 4
+
+
+
+
3
3
6
7
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
+17
+15
+17
+13
-15
r+ 4
-10
- 9
+12
+20
+24
+20
-15
- 1
- 5
- 6
+
+
+
1
9
6
4
+
+
+
+
5
7
9
7
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
+20
+ 6
+ 4
+15
-
6
3
7
1
+20
+18
+25
+27
-13
- 5
+ 1
+ 1
+
+
+
+
5
3
5
9
+ 6
+ 8
+ 8
+11
+16
r- 8
+20
- 7
+ 5
+ 8
J
U.S. Total
1
U, S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49=100 l/
imAug. 22
Aug. 29
Sept. 5
Sept. 12
Sept. 19
132
139
148
rl33
158
1258
Aug. 23
Aug. 30
Sept. 6
Sept. 13
Sept. 20
134
149
123
mz.
,
Aug. 24
Aug. 31
Sept. 7
Sept. 14
Sept. 21
130
144
121
140
135
r—Revised.
l/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1958
see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1958, pp. 412-421.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of
the Federal Reserve Banks.
* Labor Day in 1958 occurred in the week ending September 6, whereas this
year it occurred one week later. Therefore, the week ending September 5» 1959
had one more trading day than the corresponding week last year, while the week
ending September 12, 1959 had one less trading day than the week ending
September 13 last year.
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