Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : August 22, 1963

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FEDERAL
statistical

RESERVE

release
FOR LLIEDIATE RELEASE
August 22, 1963

H.8a
WEEKLY jPEPARTIIENT STORE-SALES Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding periods a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
Aug.
17
Aug. 171Aug. 10|Aug. 31 July 27 Aug. 17

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+11
+ 9
+ 1
+ 5

+
+
+
r+

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+ 4
+ 9
+12
+ 1

+ 3
r+12
r+10
+ 3

+
+
+
+

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
+
+

+
+
+
r+

+
+
+
+

U.S. Total

7
4
4
3

+ 7

+ 2
+ 4
+ 2
0

+ 7
+
7
+ 2
+ 4

+ 4
+•5
- 1
+ 1

1
6
5
5

+
+
+
+

3
7
5
1

+
+
+
+

3
8
8
2

+ 4
+ 9
+ 5
+
3

6
2
4
2

+
+
+
+

7
6
7
3

+
+
+
+

7
4
5
3

+
+
+
+

6
+ 8
+12
5
l- + 3
5
r+ 5

8
4
5
3

+ 5

+ 5

+ 3

+ 5

+ 4

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

20 98 '
27 98
3 104
10 105
17 113

1962 July
July
Aug.
' Aug.
Aug.

21
93
28 95
4
99
11 100
18 106

1961 July 22 88
July 29
90
Aug.
95
5
Aug. 12 94
Aug. 19 103

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 at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.




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