Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : August 2, 1962
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F E D E R A L s t a t i s t i c a l R E S E R V E r e I ~"'%pv FOR IMMEDIATE i_ August 2, 1962 H.8a r -• Department store sales in July advanced z4 per cent from June. The seasonally Adjusted index for July is estimated at 115 ner cent of the 1957-59 -average compared™with 111 in June and 110 in July 1961. 1962 1961 Monthly sales index 1957-59 = 100 if July June May July Adjusted for seasonal variation ell5 111 115 110 Without seasonal adjustment e 96 105 110 92 WEEKLY pEPARTriENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) ''our weeks Jan. 1 One week ending to ending July 281July 211 July 141July 7 July 28 July 28 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland + 2 + 6 0 + 5 +10 r+ 1 + 7 - 3 + 2 + 6 r+12 + 7 + 4 + 6 - 4 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis 0 + 4 + 8 + 4 r+ 6 r+12 +14 r+10 + 6 +10 + 7 +13 + 2 + 6 3 +11 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco X + 9 +10 r+ 1 U.S. Total + 6 + 7 + 8 +17 r+ 6 - 2 r+ t + + 7 4 9 7 + 4 5 5 4 2 + + + + 4 4 5 3 + 3 + 9 + + + + 4 6 7 6 + 7 + 6 +10 + 6 + + + + 1 3 7 6 + 6- + 5 + + + + II.5. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment, 1957-59 = 100 1/ 1962 June July July July July 30 7 14 21 28 94 85 96 93 95 1961 July 1 July 8 July 15 July 22 July 29 90 82 90 I960 July July July July July 2 9 16 23 30 91 78 86 87 r—Revised • e—Estimated 1/ Monthly and weekly indexes of department store sales have been revised. For description of revision of monthly indexes see Federal Reserve Bulletin for July 1962. A description of revision of weekly indexes will appear in Bulletin for August 1962. " Monthly indexes refer to daily average sales in calendar month. July figures estimated from weekly sales. Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the Federal Reserve Banks.
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