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RESERVE

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FOR Iin-iEDIATE RELEASE
December 14, 1961

;
WEEKLY [PEPARTIIENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based on retail dollar W o u n t s )
Four weeks
Jan. 1
One week ending
to
ending
Dec. 9[Dec. 21 Nov. 2-5J Nov. 18
Dec. 9
Dec. 9

Boston
Mew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ 4
+ 2
+1
-2

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+
-

1
1
2
7

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+

3
3
7
4

/^U. S. Total

V
1261
'
^
Nov. 11
Nov. 18
Nov. 25
Dec. 2
Dec. 9

/'+ 1

+11
+7
+5
+2

+13
+7
+10
+6

+13
+5
+8
+3

0
0
0
-3

+9
+6
+ 5
rf 3

+3
+3
+5
+9

+
+
+
-

+
+
+
+

0
0
+ 5
+ 5

+
+
+
+

+ 4

+ 2

r

r+
r+

1
+6
1
+ 5
1 + 5
1
r+ 8

+3

+7

1
4
7
8

+6

'

+ 9
+ 5
+ 5
. + 1

+ 5
+ 2
+ 1
0
+ 1
0
+ 1
0

2
2
1
1

"

1
3
1
2

U" S. weekly index, vrithout seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 l/

169
180
185
r233
298

1260
ilov.
Nov.
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.

12
19
26
3
10

163
170
1^
231
296,

'

1252
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.

14
21
28
5
12

16?
1%
176
24?
298

r—Revised
'
1/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1958
see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 195$, pp. 412-421.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks,