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H.8A

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 15, 1963

LIBRARY

WEEKLY ^DEPARTMENT STORE-SALES I

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding periods a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts
Jan. 1
"Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
Aue. 10
Aug.
10
Aug. 101 Aug• 31 July 2?I July 20

Boston
Mew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
+
+
+

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+ 3
+13
+ 8
+ 3

+
r+
+
+

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
+
+

r+
+
+
r+

v

U.S. Total

6
5
1
4

8
4
5
2

+ 5

+ 2
+ 4
+ 2
0

+
+
+
+

2
9
3
6

+
+
+
+

5
7
2
4

+
+
+

4
5
1
1

1
6
5
5

+
+
+
+

3
7
5
1

+
+
+
+

3
4
3
1

+
+
+
+

3
6
5
2

+
+
+
+

4
9
5
3

6
2
4
2

r+
+
+
+

7
6
7
3

+ 4
+ 3
4- 6
+ 7

+
+
+
+

6
4
5
3

+
+
+
+

5
5
7
4

+ 3

. +5

+ 8
+12
+ 3
+ 4

r+ 5

+ 4

+ 5

U.S. weekly sales index, -without seasonal adjustment, 1957-59=100 l/
July
July
July
Aug.
Aug.

13 100
20
98
27
98
3 rl04
10 105

1962

July
July
July
Aug.
Aug.

14
21
28
4
11

96
93
95
99
100

1961

July
July
July
Aug.
Aug.

5
12

90
95
94

r—-Revised
l/ For description of monthly indexes see Federal Reserve Bulletin for July 1962,
A description of weekly indexes appears in Bulletin for August 19b2.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.