Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : August 2, 1956

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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 2, 1956
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based *on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)
Four weeks
Jan. 1
One week ending
ending
. to
J u l y 21 J u l y 2u I J u l y 21 | J u l y 1U 1 J u l y 7
J u l y 26

Boston
York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
+

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

- k
0
- 1
- 5

Minneapolis
Kansas City
' Dallas
San F r a n c i s c o

-

U. S. Total

k
2
3
2

2
7 k
3 :

- 1

k
9
k
3

+ .3
+ h
+ k
+ 1

+ h
+ 5
- 7
0

+ 2
+ 5
- 3
0

+
+
+
+

2
k
k
k

r- 3
r 0
+ 3
+ k

+ 3
+ 4
+ 2
0

+11
+11
- 1
- 3

+
+
+
-

2
u
1
1

+
+
+
+

3
5
3
5

2
2
8
1

0
- 7
- 1
+ h

+ 7
- 1
+10
+ 6

+
+
+

1
3
3
2

+
+
+
+

5
l
3
2

+ 2

+ 2

+ 3

+
+
r-

+
+
+

+ 2

+ k

i
U. S. weekly index, without seasonal a d j u s t m e n t , 1947-49=100 1 /
.1956
June
July
July
July
July

30
7
lk
21
28

1955
10k
90
99
;96
97

July 2
July 9
J u l y 16
J u l y 23
J u l y 30

195 U
98
87
. 97
9k
98

July
July
July
July
July

3
10
17
2k
31

.

93
77
88
m
87

r—Revised.
1 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r t h e period January 1937 to March 1952 see
F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes f o r the p e r i o d A p r i l
1952 to date may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from the D i v i s i o n of Research and
Statistics.
weekly indexes a t t h e d i s t r i c t and c i t y l e v e l s a r e p u b l i s h e d by s e v e r a l of t h e
F e d e r a l Reserve Banks•