Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : August 24, 1961

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FEDERAL
statistical

RESERVE

release

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H.8a

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 24, 1961.
WEEKLY ifDEPARTHEHT STORE SALES

F e d e r a l Reserve

Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a year ago
One week ending

District

Aug. 191 Aug. 12!Aug. 5(July 29

Four weeks
ending .
August 19

Jan. 1
to
Aug. 19

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ 3
+ 3
+ 2
+3

r-

5
3
2
1

+ 8
+2
+9
0

+8
+ 7
+6
0

+
+
+
+

3
2
4
1

+ 4
+ 2
0
- 1

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

+ 4
+2
+ 2
- 3

_
rrr-

1
1
3
6

+8
+7
+ 2
- 1

+4
+5
0
- 1

+ 4
+ 3
0
- 3

+ 2
0
0
L 2

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San F r a n c i s c o

-2
- 1
+ 3
0

+1
+2
+2
+3

+3
+3
+1
- 1

- 6
+1
-3
0

- 1
, + 1
+ 1
0

+ 2

0

+3

+2

' U. S. T o t a l

+
+
+

+ 2

1
4
1
1

+ 1

U. S. weekly index, without s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t . 194-7-49=100 1/
1961
July
July
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

22
29
5
12
19

122.

125
132
131
142

I960
July
July
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

23
120
30
-122
6
128
13
131
20 :
139

1959
July
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

25
1
8
15
22

117
121
131
132
132

r—Revised.
l / 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 1958
see F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1958, pp. 412-421.
Weekly indexes a t the d i s t r i c t and c i t y l e v e l s a r e published by s e v e r a l of t h e
F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.

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