Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : April 30, 1959

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF l m FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 30, 1959.

H.8
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
on retail dollar amounts)j/
Four weeks
Jan. 1.
One week ending
ending
to
April 25
Apr. 25 | Apr. 18 | Apr. 111 Apr. 1+ April 25
+ 6

+25
+18
+32
+23

-18
-18
-22
-15

+ 1

+ 5

0
+ h

+ 7
+ 6

6
7
8
6

+15
+18
+lk
+13

-18
-22
- 5
-12

+
+
+

3
3
6
2

+
+
+
+

+ 8
+

+ 7
h

+ 5
+11
+17
+13

-17
- 9
-11
- 8

+
+
+

1
3
5
3

+ 5
+10
+ 9
+11

+ 6

+18

-13

+ 3

+ 8

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

- 1
+ 1

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+
+
+
+

1
2
6
2

+
+
+

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
+
+

3
8
9
h

U.S. Total

+ k

- 3
+ 8
- 2
r+12

8
7
8
9

U. S. -weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 19U7-U9 = IQOi/
1959
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.

28
k
11
18
25

llA
117
130
132
1U2

1958
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.

29
5
12
19
26

122
13U
110
125
136

1957
Mar.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.

30
6
13
20
27

120
121
131
138
131

r—Revised.
* Data not available.
1/ During April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact that last year
Easter was.on April 6 while this year it was on March 29. For this reason it is
estimated that in comparison with last year an allowance should be made for a decrease in sales of about 2 per cent for the month of April as a whole. This allowance applies 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. i|12-lj.21.
weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.