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RESERVE FEDERAL statistical release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 1964 Department store sales in January have declined from the December record level. The seasonally adjusted index for January is estimated at 121 per cent of the 1957-59 average, off 4 per cent from December, but up 7 per cent from January 1963. 1264 126] Monthly sales index 1957-59=100 Jan. Dec.' Nov. Jan. Adjusted for seasonal variation el21 126 117 113 Without seasonal adjustment e 91 229 141 86 Federal Reserve District WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Percentage change from correspending periods a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan. 1 Four weeks One week ending ' to ending Feb. 1 Feb. 1 Feb. liJan. 251 Jan. 181 Jan. 11 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland + 7 +19 +29 +13 + 5 +18 r+42 +34 — 5 7 8 6 + 9 r+12 + 4 + 5 .+ 4 +10 +14 • +10 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis +19 +12 + 9 +11 +13 r+15 r+21 r+33 - 8 + 8 +11 - 2 0 +13 +11 + 4 + 6 +12 +13 +10 + 5 +10 +12 +11 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco + 4 + 5 + 4 +11 r+12 r+12 r+15 r+ 5 +19 + 9 + 5 + .3 +15 +17 +11 + 4 +13 +11 + 9 + 6 +12 +11 + 8 + 5 +12 +17 + 1 + 9 " +9 + 9 U.S. Total - '+5 +10 +13 + 9 U.S. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment. 1957-59=100 l/ Jan. 4 Jan. 11 Jan. 18 Jan. 25 Feb. 1_ 98 108 95 97 93 1963 Jan. 5 Jan. 12 Jan. 19 Jan. 26 Feb. 2 91 99 94 83 83 1962 6 Jan. Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Feb. 3 83 91 90 84 82 r—Revised e—Estimated l/ For description of monthly indexes see Federal Reserve Bulletin for July 1962. A description of weekly indexes appears in Bulletin for August 1962, Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the Federal Reserve Banks. - FEDERAL statistical RESERVE release 1*700 H.8.b H.8.b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS NOTICE OF REVISED FORMAT Responsibility for preparation of national figures on weekly department store sales has been transferred to the Bureau of the Census and, beginning next week, that agency's Weekly Retail Trade Report will include data for department stores as.a regular feature. Those persons interested in this comprehensive report on retail sales should write to the Publications Section, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. for further information. Although the Board of Governors will discontinue publication of national figures on weekly department store sales, it is planned to continue for the time being that part of the H.8.b report devoted to the individual city and metropolitan area sales data compiled by the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. Next week's report will be on this new basis.
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