Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 16, 1963

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Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding periods a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Four weeks
Jan. 1
One week ending
to
ending
May 11
May 111May 4J Apr. 7|Apr. 20
May 11

Boston
Hew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+11
+ 7
- 3
+5

+1
+ 5
- 4
- 2

-17
—16
-25
-15

- 2
- 1
-10
- 5

+
+
-

4
2
2
1

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+10
- 7 - 2
+7
r- 4
+18
+ 7 - 4
+4
+ 4
- 4
0

-20
- 9
- 7
- 8

- 5
+ 2
0
- 2

+
+
+
+

3
9
4
3

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+12
— 2
+4
+ 1

-11
—10
- 9
- 7

+
-

+
+
+
+

4
4
7
4

-12

- 2

U.S. Total

+2
— 1
- 7
- 8

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r+

1
2
4
1

+ 5 - 3

- 9
+2
+14
-1
+ 3

3
5
3
2

+ 3

U.S. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment, 1957-59=100 1/
.1965

Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Hay
Kay

13 121
20 104
27 113
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11 127

1962

Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
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May

14
21
28
5
12

109
118
110
116
121

1961

Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
May
May

15
22
29
6
13

94
104
105
101
113

r—Revised
l/ For description of monthly indexes see Federal Reserve Bulletin for July 1962.
A description of weekly indexes appears in Bulletin for August 1962.
Weekly indexes atthe district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.




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