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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E s 1 a t is! i c a •f4 R * . •<L E ? FOR IMMEDIATE October 11, 1962 H.8a J5EKLY I DEPARTMENT STORE SALS J Federal Reserve District Percentage fhange from corresponding periods a year . (Based on retail dollar amounts) Four weeks Jan. 1 One week ending to ending Oct. 6 Oct. 6 Oct. 61Sept. 291 Sept. 221 Sept. 15 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland - 3 - 1 - 2 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis + + - 5 2 4 3 -11 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas . San Francisco - + 6 + 9 - 6 - 4 + 2_ r+ 4 0 r+ 6 r+15 + 4 - 2 0 + 1 0 r+ 6 +11 +10 + 6 r+ 2 + 6 +10 + 9 + 6 + 2 + 2 + 4 - 2 + 2 + 1 r+ 1 - - 2 - 2 +14 +10 + 5 U. S. Total - 1 + + + 1 4 2 1 + + + + + + + + 3 5 5 1 + 6 + 6 + + + -+ 3 1 1 5 3 4 5 2 + 4 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 5 2 + 6 + 6 U. S. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment, 1957-59=100 l/ 1962 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 oept. 29 Oct. 6 1961 105 113 117 116 118 Sept. 9 Sept. .16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 7 93 108 111 113 118 1960 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct.' 8 94 109 107 108 112 r—Revised l/. 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 appears in Bulletin for " August 1962. Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the Federal Reserve Banks.
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