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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H.Ga FOR MEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 1958. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Eased on retail dollar amounts) Four weeks Jan. 1 One week ending ending to Feb.. 15. |Feb.ti| Feb. 1 |Jan. 25 Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Boston New York . Philadelphia Cleveland 3 1 h 2 -10 r- 1 - 5 r-20 + 6 +10 + 6 - 1 - - 1 - 6 -10 -13 - 5 r- 7 -11 r- 9 - 7 7 9 6 0 - 2 -11 - 6 - 3 - 5 -10 - 9 -- 1 . — 7 3 8 7 + - 5 2 5 6 + - - - - Richmond Atlanta Chicago ... St. Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco -12 - 9 -18 - 2 U. S. total - 6 - - - 8 - 2 + + - 7 2 2 7 2 3 1 3 - 3 + — 0 + 2 - 2 - 3 h 2 1 8 - 2 - 5 - 2 h 8 5 5 2 2 5 3 - 2 - 5 1/ U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1914-7-119 =1001958 " J a n . 18 Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. 25 1 8 15 102 93 92 93 96 1957 Jan. 19 Jan. 26 Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 100 96 9k 101 102 1956 Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. 21 28 k 11 18 98 9h 90 97 95 r—Revised. 1/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1952 see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes for the period April 1952 to date may be obtained upon request from the Division of Research and Statistics. Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the Federal Reserve Banks.