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W/2 H.8a BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE .RELEASE December 26, 1957 7JEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d ; year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Four weeks j J a n . 1 One week ending -. ending ; to Dec. 2l| Dec. lUj Dec. 7 ! Nov. 30-"Dec. 21 | Dec. 21 F e d e r a l Reserve District Boston New York . Philadelphia Cleveland + Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis 2 + 7 +12 + k + 8 + 9 -Ik + 8 + 5 - + 6 + Minneapolis * Kansas C i t y ,, -----" Dallas San Francisco U. S. Total + 8 - 1 - 2 1 - 2 - - 7 -22 - 2 + -22 - h -22 - 5 7 -23 - 1 0 - 3 1 2 0 , - 2 + 6 + 2 - 0 i 1 + 0 + 1 1 0 - 3 - 2 3 - 5 | + 1 - 3 - 2 1 - 5 ! - 1 + 2 • + 1 + 1 - 1 + 2 + h 1 - 2 - - 3 • - - 1 h r- b + k r+ / 2 8 0 - lh - - 2 - 1 8 - 7 -14 - 8 -18 - 5 -19 1 ! - 5 - 6 i | - " -3 1 o 1 1- 1: + 1 U. S. weekly index, without s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 19lt7-b9=100-/ Nov. 23 Nov. 30 Dec. lU 1# 129 215 r266 275 1956 Nov. 2b Dec. 1 Dec. 8 Dec. 15 Dec. 22 1U9 197 226 260 265 19# Nov. Dec. Doc. Dec. Dec. 26 1U6 3 197 10 235 17 255 2U 231 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 1952 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 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes f o r the p e r i o d A p r i l 1952 t o date may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from the Division 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 Banks. -* Comparisons a r e a f f e c t e d by the f a c t t h a t Thanksgiving Day i s one week l a t e r t h i s year than l a s t .
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