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&.8a EOAFiD OF GOVERNORS OF THi. FSDELito, BSSEhYE SYSTEM . FOR BEBniATE RELEASE December 5 , 1957. ^ S e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d department s t o r e s a l e s i n c r e a s e d i n November from t h e reduced l e v e l of t h e preceding month. The s e a s o n a l l y a d j u s t e d index i s e s t i m a t e d a t 126 p e r . c e n t of t h e 19U7-49 a v e r a g e , compared with 120 f o r October and 131 f o r November l a s t y e a r — Nov. 1957 Oct; Sept, 1956 Nov. el2o el52 Index of department s t o r e s a l e s 1 / 19L7-49=100 Adjusted f o r s e a s o n a l v a r i a t i o n Without s e a s o n a l adjustment 120126 128 130 131 156 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES F e d e r a l Reserve District Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Four weeks Jan. 1 One week ending ending to Nov. 30*-| Nov. 23"-1 Nov. 16|Nov . 9 Nov. 30 1 NoVr 3 0 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland -21 -22 -22 -21 + 1 r+10 + 2 r+ 7 - 5 - 5 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis -22 - 7 -2k -21 ~ 3 -10 + 1 + 3 - 3 — 6 -10 -14 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San F r a n c i s c o -la -id -14 -18 - 8 r+ 9 +16 +5 - -20 +v - 6 U. S. T o t a l - 8 - 1 3 8 7 8 + + - 5 - 5 - 7 - 7 5 - + - 2 2 0 2 - 9 l i 3 - 1 1 1 1 7 2 6 - 9 - 8 -10 -10 k 6 o + 3 - 8 - 7 - k - 5 1 0 2 0 1 - 7 + 1 | + + + - U. S . weekly index, vd_thout s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 19u7-49=100 2/ 1957 "Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 30 122 135 142 155 1# . 1956 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 2k Dec. 1 12U 137 151 159 197 1955 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Nov. 26 Dec. 3 128 Ikl 142 146 197 r—Revised. e—Estimated. 1 / Monthly indexes r e f e r t o d a i l y average s a l e s i n calendar month. November 1957 f i g u r e s e s t i m a t e d from weekly s a l e s . 2 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d January 1937 t o 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 t h e p e r i o d A p r i l 1952 t o d a t e may be obtained-upon r e q u e s t from t h e D i v i s i o n of Research and S t a tistics . Viieekly indexes a t t h e d i s t r i c t and c i t y l e v e l s a r e p u b l i s h e d by s e v e r a l of t h e F e d e r a l Reserve Banks. * Comparisons a r e a f f e c t e d by t h e f a c t t h a t Thanksgiving Day i s one week l a t e r t h i s for FRASERs t . year t h a n l a , : Digitized (
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