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H. 8a
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE,SYSTEM
FOR MEDIATE RELEASE
August 30, 1956
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

District
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
-CI eve land

Percentage change from, corresponding p e r i o d a y e a r ago
(Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)
Four weeks J an. 1
One week ending
ending
to
Aug, 2b 1 A ug. l b | Aug. 11 U u g . u Aug. 25
Aug. 25
412
+10
*19
+ 7
* k
+ 7
+ 8
+12
+10
+ I
r* 3
+ 8
+ 3
+ 8
+11
+13
+ 5
.+ 6
+11
+ 2
+ 5
+ 3
+ 5

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t , Louis

+ 1
+10
+1U
+ 7

r+ 2
r+ 3
+10
+• 2

2

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+11
+10
+ 6
- h

r+9
0
+ 2
+- 2

U, S. Total

+ 8

+ 5

+11
+10

6
5
5
l

+
+
+
+

5
7
9
5

+ 3
+ 6
+ h
+ 5

+ 7
+ 6
+ 3

0

+ 3
+ 3
+ 7
+ h

+
+
+
+

6
5
5
2

+ 5
+ 2
+ h
+ 2

+ 7

+ 7

+ 7

I

1956
J u l y 28
Aug. L
Aug. 11
Aug, 18
Aug^25

1955
97
10k
107
111
120

July
Aug*
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.

+

h

1/

1

I,
I

index, w i t h o u t s e a s o n a l

+
+
+
-

1951;
30
6
13
20
27

98
97
100
106
ill

July
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug,

31
7
1U
21
28

87
92
97
100
102

r—Revised.
1 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r the p e r i o d January 1937 to March 19£2
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 1 9 % , pp. 359-362. Indexes f o r the p e r i o d
A p r i l 1952 to date may be o b t a i n e d 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 the d i s t r i c t and c i t y l e v e l s are p u b l i s h e d by s e v e r a l of
the F e d e r a l Reserve B ? nks.