Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : April 24, 1958

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H.8a

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR Z&iEDlATE RELEASE
A p r i l 2k, 1958.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

F e d e r a l Reserve
District
Boston'
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

Percentage change frcm. corresponding p e r i o d a year ago
(Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)V
j Four weeks
Jan. 1
One week ending
to
j
ending
Apr. 19
Apr. 12 j Apr. 5 j Mar. 29 1
Apr. 19
Apr. 19
-1U
- 8
'- 2
-10

-25
-19
r-26
-21

+11
+19
+11
+ 9

+12
+11
+ 2
- 2

1

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

-12
-1U,
-13
- 6

ErJ-S.
-itr
-17
-16

+1U
+13
+ 2
+ 6

+
-

Minneapolis
Kansas CityDallas
San F r a n c i s c o

-16
-10
-15
- 7

r-11
-10
-10
- 6.

+23
+20
+18
0

+ 1
. + 6
- 3
-2

i

- 9

-16

+11

+ 2

|

U. S. t o t a l

2
3
3
1

I

|

-5
0
h
- 6

+
-

U
- 5
- 8
- 5

- k
• - 3
— 6
- 5

+
-

2
1
3
h

-

U
1
li
5

l
1
U
3

- 3

U. S. weekly index, w i t h o u t s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 19U7~k9=100-^
1956
Mar.
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.

22
29
5
12
19

^

109
11U
125
103
117

1957
L:ar.
Mar.
. Apr.
. Apr.
Apr„

23
30
6
13
20

113
112
113
122
129

1956
Mar.
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.

2b
31
7
lU
21

112
122
10U
Ilk
113

r—Revised". '
'
1 / During March and A p r i l changes from a year ago r e f l e c t i n p a r t the f a c t t h a t l a s t
year E a s t e r was on A p r i l 21 w h i l e t h i s year i t was on A p r i l 6 . For t h i s r e a s o n
i t i s estimated t h a t i n comparison with l a s t year an allowance should be made f o r
an i n c r e a s e i n s a l e s of about 6 p e r cent f o r the month of March as a whole and a
corresponding decrease f o r t h e month of A p r i l . These allowances apply t o t h e
f i g u r e s f o r t h e United S t a t e s .
2 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r the p e r i o d January 1937 t o March 1952 see
F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d A p r i l
1952 t o d a t e may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from t h e Division of Research and
Statistics.
weekly indexes a t t h e d i s t r i c t and c i t y l e v e l s are p u b l i s h e d by s e v e r a l of t h e
Federal Reserve Banks.