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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

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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.