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H.8a BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, i960. VJEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) J Four weeks Year One week ending ending 1959 Jan. 9 Jan. 91 Jan. 2|Dec. 26*1 Dec. 19 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis " Minneapolis Fansas City Dalles San Francisco U, S. Total +11 +11 +10 +11 + + + + 4 4 4 7 0 -r 3 3 + 1 + + + + + + + + 3 7 8 6 +19 +14 +23 +22 + 1 - 1 + 5 + 6 + 8 + 8 +10 +11 -+ 5 + 6 + 7 + 9 +20 + 5 +10 + 7 +16 + 9 + 7 +22 + 6 r+ 6 r+15 + 5 +20 +21 +18 +19 + + + + + + + + 2 8 9 4 r- 2 r+ 4 r+ 4 r+15 +16 +22 +19 +16 + + + + 8 6 1 8 + 6 +24 r+12 r+ 7 + 9 r+ 8 5 8 5 5 5 9 9 8 "jJ. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 1/ 1959 12 /Deo 19 26 I960 Jan. 2 9 298 318 246 1958 Dec. 13 Dec. 20 Dec. 27" 293 304 205 19 57 ' Dec. 14 Dec. 21 Dec. 28 285 294 158 rll2 132 1959 Jan. 3 Jan. 10 104 121 1958 Jan. 4 Jan, 11 102 116 r—Revised. l/ 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. * This year there were 4 shopping days before Christmas compared with 3 last year.
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