Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : February 9, 1961

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 9, 1961.
WEEKLY(DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
Federal Reserve
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Four weeks
Jan. 1
One week ending
District
ending
to
[Feb. 4-!Jan. 281 Jan. 211Jan, 14
Feb. 4 1/
Jan. 28
Boston
Mew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

-15
-16
-18
-12

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St, Louis

-12
+ 7
- 6
- 8

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
U. S. Total

-19
-15
-27"
0

+14
+13
+ 8
+ 6

•- 7

-16
r- 7
- 6
r- 8

-17
+ 4
+ 1
- 5

+ 3
- 5
+ 8
0

-10
- 1
- 1
- 5

- 6

- 2
+12
+ 6
+ 8

- 5
r- 1
-13
- 5

- 8
+11
0
+ 2

- 2
+13
+ 3
+ 5

+
+

+
-

- 5

- 7

- 5

+ 7

- 2

+ 9
-10
-16
-14 .

- 4
- 8
-12
- 7

- 2
-13
- 5

-10
- 1
- 4

3
9
1
2

J

/

5
6
3
2

- 4

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 2/
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.

7
14
21
28
4

I960
Jan. 9
Jan. 16
Jan. 23
Jan. 30
Feb. 6

132
121
113
111
111

1959
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.

10
17
24
31
7

121
116
105
1C6
108

r—Revised.
l/ Comparison period begins with January 2-7 week in 1961 and with January 4-9
week in I960.
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 Federal Reserve Banks.