Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : August 13, 1959

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 13, 1959.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago

CO

1

Aug. 8

1k
f

One week ending

District

Jan. 1
to
Aug. 8

Four vreeics
ending
Aug. 8

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ 9
+ 9
+ 8
+10

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+ 4
+ 8
+11
+ 4

+
+
+
+

1
4
7
4

+
+
+
+

3
3
9
1

Minneapolis
Kansas CityDallas
San Francisco

+15
+ 9
+10
+ 7

+ 4
+ 8
+ 9

+

6

+

2

1.
0
+ 8

+ 6
+15 |

+ 7
+ 4
+ 6
+10

+ 8
+11

+ 9

+

+ 5

+ 7

+ 7

+ 8

/ U.S.. Total

+ 4
1
r+ 3
5
r+ 6 . r+ 2
+ 7
+ 7

6

-

+

3

+ 7
+ 2

|
:
1
[

+5
+

3

+

3

+

9

+

5

+

7

+

5

1

+ 4
+

+
+
+
+

+-3
+ 4
+ 9
+ 3

+ 7

^
+ 4
+ 7

5
4
7
8

+10

+ 8

.

+ 6
+ 9

U.S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 1J
1959
July
July
July
Aug.
Aug.

11
18
25
1
8

126
118
11?
121
131

1958
July 12
July 19
July 26
Aug, 2
Aug. 9

116
110
111
114
120

1957
July
July
July
Aug.
Aug.

13
20
27
3
10

111
108
108
111
118

r—Revised.
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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.