Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : April 18, 1963

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FEDERAL

RESERVE

statistical

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FOR Ii'F'HDIATE .iEL.Zv.jE
April 18, 1963

. Interpretat^Lpn. pf the weekly percentage changes during the Easter
B
season is |aTfe%ied'by the shifting date of the holiday (this year, April 14,
last year j April 22). Adjustment factors have been developed for this calendar
irregularjhyT^an9n51"lT be applied for 7 weekly periods, from the March 23 week
through the May 4 week. For the week ending April 13, the factor is +4; this
yields an "adjusted" year-to-year change for the United States of +7 per cent.
Four-week and year-to-date cumulatives are also shown on an adjusted basis.

1.

: Percentage change from corresponding periods a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Federal Reserve '
Jan. 1
Four weeks
to
ending
One week ending
District
:
Apr. 13
KPr. 13 - Apr. 6 Mar. 30iiar. 23
Boston
Mew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

|

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
~>an Francisco

Z.

+ 9

+ 9

0

+

+ 3
0

+ 1

6

0
+ 4

-"Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

/

+ 9"
+

!
!
S
|
|

6

+ 3
+ 7

!!

+

8

+ 5
+15
+ 2

'
.

+16

+

i

+10

.
:

r+14
+ 7

+ 3
+12

+15
+

8

+

+

+

8

6

+ 6

i
!

+ n

;

+

+10

!

+ 6

+10

+11
+ 4

i
1
i

+ 6
+4
+ 5

5 j

+ 7

1

1

+ 4

6

- 1
+ 5

6

+10

+11

r- 1

0

U.o. Total

+11

+ 7

+ 7

+ 7
+

*"Adjusted" U.i.

+

+ 4-

+ 4 "'

+ 3

7

+10

.

r+13

8

j
I
1
'

5

0

r+20
+ 5
+14

+16
+18

+

+ 3
0
0

8

+14

+23

+ 7
+ 4
+ 2
+ 5

+

+16

+11
+12

+

'

+

6
•

+ 5

+

5

5
+ 4

U.S. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment, 1957-59=100 1/
1963
/

Mar.
Mar.
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.

16
23
30
6
13

103
106
113
120
121.

1962 Har.
iiar.
har.
Apr.
Apr.

17
24
31
7
14

99
101
106
112
109

196l Mar.
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.

18
25
"1
8
15

101
101
109
92
94

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.