Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 25, 1961

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 25, 1961.

H.8a

WEEKLY )P3PARTMENT STORE SALES
Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
District

One week ending
May 201 May 131 May 6!Anr, 29

Four weeks
ending
Mav 20

Jan. 1
to
May 20
+
+
-

4
1
2
3

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
+
+
+

9
2
7
6

+20
r+21
r+18
+14

-12
- 9
-16
-14

+ 6
+ 5
- 9
-10

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+11
+ 4
+10
- 3

+24
r+21
r+10
+ 9

-12
-10
-11
-12

-

7
5
7
8

+ 3
+ 1
0
- 4

0
+ 1
- 2
- 2

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+

5
+ 6
+ 6
0

r+17
r+20
+19
r+16

- 3
-11
-11
-10

+
-

2
3
3
3

+ 4
+ 4
+ 2
0

0
+ 5
0
0

+ 6

+17

-10.

- 3

+ 2

0

U. S. Total

+
+
-

5
4
1
2

U. S. weekly index, -without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49=100 2/
1963.
Apr.
Apr.
May
May
May

22
29
6
13
20

144
146
140
157
146

I960
Apr.
Anr.
May
May
Kay

23
30
7
14
21

146
151
156
134
138

Apr. 25
May l6
ay 23

r—Revised.
l/ During April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact that last year
Easter was on April 17 while this year it was on April 2. For this reason it is
estimated that in comparison with last year an'allowance should be made for a
decrease in sales of about 8 per cent for the month of April as a whole.. This
allowance applies to the figures for the United States,
2/ 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.