Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : August 25, 1960

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 25, I960.

H.8a

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
District"

One week ending
Aug. 201Aug. 131 Aug. 61 July 10

Four weeks
ending
Aug. 20

Jan. 1
to
Aug. 20

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+12
+16
+ 5
+ 2

+ 5
r+ 8
0
- 1

- 2
+ 1
-10
- 2

+ 2
+ 4
0
+ 1

+ 4
+ 7
- 1
0

+
+
+
+

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+ 7
+12
+ 4
0

r+
-

1
5
1
1

-

5
2
3
6

0
- 3
r+ 1
0

0
0
+ 1
- 2

- 2
+ 1
+ 2
0

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
+
-

r-

5
1
8
3

- 6
- 3
- 4
0

+ 6
+ 2
- 5
0

+
-

1
1
4
2

+ 3
- 1
- 2
0

- 1

- 2

+ 1

+ 1

+ 2

U. S. Total

3
5
3
3

+ 5

3
6
1
2

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 1/
1960
July
July
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

23
30
6 .
13
20

120
122
128
131
139

1959
July 25
Aug, 1
Aug, 8
Aug. 15
Aug. 22

117
121
131
132
132

1958
July 26
Aug. 2
Aug. 9
" Aug. 16
Aug. 23

111
114
120
124
134

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.