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2.13 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR M E D I A T E RELEASE ,, January 17 5 1957 H*8a "WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve . District Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Four weeks Year One week ending ending 1956 Jan. 12 Jan. 12| Jan. 5! Dec. 29* I1 Dec. 22 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland . - 3 +10 + 3 + 2 rr+ r- 1 1 2 k +35 +30 +23 +18 +15 +20 +1U +11 +12 +16 +11 + 8 + + + + Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis +1U + 3 - 2 - 3 + + rr- 3 2 5 8 +27 +29 r+37 r+18 +17 + 9 +lii +13 +16 +10 +11 + 7 + 3 + 5 + 4 + k Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco + 1 -k 0 + 2 r+ r+ r 1 3 3 0 +2U +23 +23 +18 +17 +ii +12 +15 +12 +10 +10 +11 + + + + U. S. Total + 3 r- 1 +27 +15 +12 + k 3 6 3 3 5 2 3 2 U. S. weekly 1956 —Dec. Dec. Dec. 1957 Jan. Jan. 15 22 29 260 265 112 5 12 r 93 107 1955 Dec* Dec. Dec. 1956 Jan. Jan. 17 2k 31 255 231 88 7 14 9b 10U 195U Dec. 18 Dec. 25 1955 Jan. 1 21+0 190 80 Jan. 8 Jan. 15 106 99 r—Revised. 1/ For description and "weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1952 see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes for the period April 1952 to date may be obtained upon request from the Division of Research and Statistics. Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the Federal Reserve Banks. *—This year there was one shopping day before Christmas, while last year there was none*
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