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013 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 3> 1959. Department store sales advanced further in November, The seasonally adjusted index for the month is estimated at 145 per cent of the 1947-49 average, 1 per cent above the 144 level of October and.6 per cent above the 13? index of November 1958, Index of department store sales 1/ 1947-49 = 100 Adjusted for seasonal variation Without seasonal adjustment Nov. el45 e!77 .1959,. Oct. Sept. 144 150 143 145 1258 Nov. 137 166 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES V Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago One week ending District Nov. 281 Nov. 21|Mov. 141 Nov. 7 9 8 4 8 0 + 7 +10 + 6 + 3 + 3 -11 + 6 + 2 + 5 0 + 8 + + + + 3 3 4 7 - 4 + 7 + 1 +11 r+ 3 + 9 +11 + 7 + 1 +11 + 9 + 7 - 5 + 7 + 7 +17 ^1 rB + 7 +10 + + + + 4 7 9 7 - 4 + 1 + 2 0 0 + 5 +10 + 2 + + + 7 3 8 2 - 1 + 3 +11 +10 + + + + + + + 5 7 7 9 + 3 + 8 + 6 + 5 _+ 5 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland - 4 + 4 - 3 +13 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco v U. S. Total Jan. 1 to Nov. 28 Four weeks ending Nov. 28 + + + + 3 3 7 3 + 7 , U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 2 / 1959 Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. 31 ? 14 21 28 145 155 167 182. 176 1958 Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. 1 8 15 22 29 136 148 157 169 171 1957 Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov, 2 9 16 23 30 130 145 152 166 170 r—Revised. e—Estimated. l/ Monthly indexes refer to daily average sales in calendar month. November figures estimated from weekly sales, 2/ 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. .
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