Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : December 10, 1959

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL' RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 10, 1959•
VJEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Federal Reserve
District

a year ago
Percentage change from corresponding period ;
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
Dec. 5
Dec. 5
Dec. 5 Nov. 281 Nov. 211 Nov. 14

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ 4
+ 4
0
+ 4

- 4
+ 4
r- 4
+13

+
+
+
+

9
8
4
8

0
+ 7
+10
+ 6

+
+
+
+

2
5
2
7

+
+
+
+

3
3
4
7

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

- 4
+ 7
0
- 2

- 4
r+ 6
•+ 1
+11

+ 3
+ 9
+11
+ 7

+ 1
+11
+ 9
+ 7

+
+
+

1
8
5
5

+
+
+
+

3
7
8
6

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

0
- 3
+ 3
0

+
+
r-

0
+ 5
+10
+ 2

+
+
+

7
3
8
2

-2
+ 1
+ 5
+ 1

+
+
+

+

1
6
7
9

+ 8

+ 6

+ 4

+ 7

U, S. Total

4-2

4 .
1
2
1

+ 3

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49=100 1/
1£59
Nov.
Nov,
Nov.
Nov,
Dec.

7
14
21
28
5

167
182
176
249

Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Dec.

8
15
22
29
6

192
Nov,
Nov,
Nov.
Nov.
Dec.

9
16
23
30
7

145
152
166
170
230

r—Revised.
1/ 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.