Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : April 27, 1961

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 27, 1961.

H.8a

5

WEEKLY DEPARTl-mT STORE SALES

District

Percentage change from correspoiMing period a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts) U
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
Apr.
22
Anr.
22
Apr. 221 Apr. 15|Apr. 8|Apr. 1

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
+
-

4
1
7
9

-23
r-19
-26
r-19

-16
-18
-21
-23

+18
+ 6
- 4
- 5

- 5
- 8
-12
-14

+ 3
.0
- 2
- 3

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

- 4
0
- 7
- 4

-24
r-20
-15
-24

-21
-12
-16
-21

+
+
+
-

-12
- 6
- 9
-13

- 1
0
- 2
- 1

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
-

6
8
1
1

r-13
-13
r-13
r- 8

-12
-15
-18
- 8

+14
+10
r+ 6
+14

-

5
3
6
1

- 1
+ 6
- 1
0

- 1

-17

-16

+ 6

- 8

0

U.S. Total

3
8
2
2

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49=100 2/
war. 25
Apr, 15
Apr, 22

I960
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
/' Apr.

26
2
9
16
23

131
143
'153
156
146

1959
Mar.
Apr,
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.

28
4
11
18
25

141
117
130
132
141

r—Revised.
if During March and April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact that
last year Easter was on April 17 while this year it was on April 2. For this
reason it is estimated that in comparison with last year an allowance should be
made for an increase in sales of about 8 per cent for the month of March as a
whole and a corresponding decrease for the month of April. These allowances
apply to the figures for the United States.
2/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1958
see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1958, pp. 412-421.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of
the Federal Reserve Banks.