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H.8a • ' FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. February 8, 1962 Department store sales in January declined from the record December level. After seasonal adjustment, the January index is estimated at 1^0 per cent of the 1947-49 average compared with I56 in December and 142 in January 1961. 1962 1961 Index of department store sales 1/ January December November January 1947-49 =100 142 Adjusted for seasonal variation el50 156 153 108 184 Without seasonal adjustment ell4 279 WEEKLY\PEPARTMEMT STORE SALES. Federal Reserve District Percentage change3 from correspcjnding period a year ago (Baised on retail dbllar amounts) Jan. 1 'Four weeks One week ending ending ?/ Feb. 3 &• Feb. 3 Feb. 3lJan. 271 Jan. 20!Jan. 13 Boston 'New York Philadelphia Cleveland +11 +17 +23 + 6 +14 +16 +16 r+14 +52 +24 +39 +10 +10 ' r+ 5 ' - 2 - 5 +20 +15 +17 + 6 +13 +11 +12 + 5 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis - +21 + 3 + 3 +17 +21 +12 +10 +12 +33 +15 + 9 +11 - 3 - 5 - 3 -16 +16 ^+ 6 + 4 + 5 +11 + 7 + 3 + 1 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco - 5 + 4 +12 - 1 + 8 r+l6 + 5 + 9 +12 - 4 - 6 +12 +13 -10 - 9 + 7 + + +14 +17 - 2 + 9 U. S. Total -16 • 1 2 3 8 + + 1 3 3 7 + 7 U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49=100 3/ Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27 2262 Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. 7 14 21 28 4 118 129 107 103 106 1260 Jan. 9 Jan. 16 Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Feb. 6 132 121 113 111 ill r—Revised. ~ e—Estimated 1/ Monthly indexes refer to daily average sales in calendar month. December figures estimated from weekly sales. 2/ Comparison period begins with January 1-6 week in 1962 and with January 2-7 week in 1961. 3/ 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 Federal Reserve Banks. January this year had one more trading day than last. .
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