Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : August 11, 1960

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 11, I960.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
. on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
Aug. 61 July 30!July 231Julv 16
Aug. 6
Aug. 6

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

- 2
+ 1
-10
- 2

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St, Louis

-

5
1
4
6

0
r- 3
r 0
0

-

5
2
4
1

r+
+
r

—

Minneapolis
Kansai City
Dallas
San Francisco
U. S. Total

- 2

+ 2
+ 4
0
+ 1

6
2
5
0

+ 1

+ 1
+10
0
+ 1

+ 3

+
+

1
3
3
6

0
+ 5

+ 6

+ 1

+ 1
+ 2

1
2
5
3

+
+
-

r+
+
+

1
7
1
1

+
+
+

+
+
+
-

4
6
3
3

+ 1
0
- 4
- 8

+ 3

+ 1

- 3

2
1
11

- 3
+ 1
+ 2
0

|

+ 1
+1

|
1

- 3
"3

i

•

i

+ 3
- 1
- 2
0
+ 2

U. S, weekly index, without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49=100 l/
1960
July
July
July
July
Aug.

9
16
23
30
6

108
119
120
122
128

1959
July
July
July
Aug.
Aug.

11
18
25
1
8

126
118
117
121
131

1968
July
July
July
Aug.
Aug.

12
19
26
2
9

116
110
111
114
120

r—Revised,.
l/ 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.