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F statistical E D E R A L R E S E R V E release @3502. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 1961 lDepartment store sales in November reached a new high for the year, after seasonal adjustment. vi The index is 'estimated at 153 per cent of the 1947-49 average compared with. 151 in October and a revised 144 in November a year ago. The alltime'high index of 154" was1 established in April I960. 1Q 6V Index of department store sales l/ . November 1947-49 = 1 0 0 Adjusted for seasonal variation el53 Without seasonal adjustment el82 October September November 150 150 rl44 171 151 154 VJEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District Boston .New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis -Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco ~ U.S.,Total • Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Eased on retail dollar amounts) Jan. 1 Four weeks One week ending to ending Dec. 2!Nov. 251 Nov. 181 Nov. 11 Dec. 2 Dec. 2 +11 • +'7 + 5 + 2 +13 r+ 7 +10 r+6 . +13 +5 +8 +3 - 9 +4 +8 +3 + + + + 8 6 7 4 + 5 + 2 + 1 0 0 -1 0 -3 r+ 9 +6 +5 +2 +3 r+3 +5 r+9 + 3 - 1 +5 +3 + + + + 3 2 3 2 + 2 0 + 1 0 + - r+ 6 r+5 +5 r+ 7 + + + + +3 +4 + 8 +3 + + + + 2 2 5 4 r+7 +6 +4 + 5 2 1 1 2 + 3 1 4 7 8 i + + + + 2 3 1 2 + 2 T J. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 2/ 1961 Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 25 Dec. 2 . 154 169 180 rl85 , 237^ '' 1960 Nov. 5 • 149 . Nov. 12 163 Nov. 19 170 Nov. 26 173 Dec. 3 231 1252 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 ?-'Ov. 28 Dec.T5 155 167 182 176 249 r—Revised. . e—Estimated. 1/ 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 for FRASER "Federal Reserve Banks. Digitized
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