Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : August 27, 1959

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H.8a

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 27, 1959.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago

Federal Reserve
One week ending •

District

Aug. 221 Aug. 151 Aug. 8 j[Aug,- 1
+
+
+
+

l
4 i
3
6
7

8
5
4
2

+ 1
+ 9
+ 4

+ 4
+ 7
+11
+ 4

+
+
+
+

1
4
7
4

0
+ 6
+ 5
+ 2

+
+
+
+

2
1
5
9

+11
+ 8
+ 7
r+11

+15
+ 9
+10
+ 8

+
+
+
+

6 j
4
8

+
+
+
+

7
5
7
9

+ 6
8
8
+11

+ 6

+ 9

+ 6!

+ 5

+ 8

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St, Louis

+
+
+

j
|
1
j

U. S. Total

Jan. 1
to
Aug. 22

+ 9
+ 9
+ 8
+10

-14
-12
-12
- 2

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

j
j
1

0
r 0
+ 3
r+ 4

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

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Four weeks
ending
Aug. 22

I- - - 1

+ 6

9

1
1
+ 1
+ 4

4
+ 3
+ 7
+ 7

i

6
7
9
8

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49=100 1/
-1959
July 25
Aug. 1
Aug. 8
Aug-;"' 15
Aug. 22

117
121
131
132
132

1958
July
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

26
2
9
16
23

111
114
120
124
134

1957
July
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

27
3
10
17
24

108
111
118
122
130

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.