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<-! 2-4 H.8a -. BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IBiEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 1958. c WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES "Percentage change from corresponding period a Federal Reserve One week ending District Jan. :I l | J a n . hi Dec. 20*| Dec, 21 +11 + 1 - U + b Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland ' Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco r+30 +37 +31 +31 + 2 +12 + 8 + 7 | W + 9 +12 + 8 +11 + + - 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 + + - 1 2 3 2 1 b 2 1 +35 +30 +31 +29 + 6 + 3 + 1 0 + + + + 9 8 7 5 + + + - + - 1 b 3 3 3 0 2 3 +33 +26 +29 +3U + - + + + + 6 5 U 6 + 2 0 + 2 0 +32 + 3 + 8 + 1 + 1 U. S. Total 3 r+ 3 - 2 r+ b Four weeks ending Jan. 11 • + , + 2 3 2 3 2 U. S. weekly index, -without seasonal adjustment, 19b7-b9=10Q-^ 1957 Dec. ' Dec. Dec. 1958 Jan. Jan. 1U 21 28 266 27 U 11*8 b 11 25 108. 1956 Dec. Dec, Dec. 1957 Jan. Jan. 15 22 29 260 265 112 5 12 13 107 1955 Dec. Dec. Dec. 1956 Jan. Jan. 17 2b 31 255 231 88 7 1U Sb r—Revised. 1/ For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d January 1937 t o March 1952 see Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes' f o r the period A p r i l 1952 t o date may be obtained upon request from t h e Division of Reseaxch and Statistics. * This year t h e r e were two shopping days b e f o r e Christmas while l a s t year t h e r e was one. . __ weekly indexes a t t h e d i s t r i c t and c i t y l e v e l s are published by s e v e r a l of the Federal Reserve Banks.
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