Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : November 29, 1962

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November 29, 1962

H.8a
VJEEKLY/ DEPARTMENT ST ORB-SALES

Percentage change from corresponding periods a year age,
District

One week ending
Nov. 241Nov. 171 Nov. 101 Nov. 3

Four weeks Jan. 1
to
ending
Nov. 24
Nov. 24

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

0
+ 2
- 2
- 4

- 9
+10
+ 3
r+ 2

+24
+ 1
+ 1
r- 6

+ 2
7
- 1
+ 6

+ 3
+ 5
0
- 1

+
+
+
+

3
4
4
2

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

- 3
+10
+ 6
+ 3

r+ 9
r+14
+ 5
- 4

2
+ 8
+ 5
+ 4

+ 6
+20
+ 6
+ 8

+ 2
+13
+ 5
+ 2

+
+
+
+

4
6
6
5

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
+
+

+
+
+
+

+
+
+
+

2
2
5
6

U. S. Total

5
5
2
4

+ 1

+
+
+

4
2
2
8

0
3
3
+ 5

+ 5

+ 2

r+
+
+

4
1
8
1

+ 5

1
3
1
5

U. 3. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment, 1957-59=100
1962
Oct. 2?
Nov. 3
Nov. 10
Nov. 17
.
Nov. 24

^
]l6
117
125
136
136

1961
Oct. 28
Nov. 4
Nov. 11
Nov. 18
Nov. 25

110
111
122
130
134

+ 4

+ 3
l/

1960
Oct. 29
107
Nov. 5 . 108
. Nov. 12
117
Nov. 19
123
Nov. 26
125

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.