Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : August 16, 1956

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.8a

*

FOR EtMEDIATE RELEASE

August 16, 1956

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
|
Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding'period a year ago

(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Four weeks
ending
| July 21 I Aug. 11
Aug. 11 1 Aug. 4 IjJuly 28 I
One week ending

Boston
Mew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ 7
+10
+11
+ 3

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+11
+ 7
^

+ 5
+m

+ l
+ 7

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+ 6

+ 3
+ 7

U. S. Total

+12
+12
r+13

+
+

+ 6

+ 6

h

2
3
2

+
+
-

k

3

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

9

k

+ 3
+ b

6

U

+ 5
+ k

2
2
3

+ 3

3

+ 5

2
2
8
1

0
+ 1
+ k
+ 1

+ l
+ h
+ 2

+ 2

+ h

+ 'U

r+ 5

+ 5

- k
+ 1
- 1

r- 1

- 5

- 3
0
+ 3
+ k

3
3
7

k

-2
- 7
- k
- h

+
+
+

+ 7

- 1

r+
+
+
. +

k

Jan. 1
. to
Aug. 11

+ 5

3

+ 3

+ 5

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 1/
-1956
July
July
July
Aug.
Aug.

1955
llj.
21
28
4
11

99
96
97
104
107

July
July
July
Aug.
Aug.

195U
16
23
30
6
13

97
9U
98
97
100

July
July
July
Aug.
Aug.

17
24
31
7
14

88
84

87

92
97

r—-Revised.
1/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1952 see
Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes for the period April
1952 to date may be obtained upon request from the Division of Research and
Statistics.
"Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve .Banks.