Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : January 2, 1958

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•- H.8a

BOARD .OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR BEEDIATE RELEASE
January 2, 1958.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

F e d e r a l Reserve
District
Boston
Kew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a
y e a r ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)
Four weeks J a n . 1
One week ending
ending
to
Dec. 28
Dec.20*(Dec. 21J Dec. 14I Dec. 7
Dec. 28
+35
+34
+30
+33

+ 2
+12
+ 8
r+ 7

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago "
S t . Louis

+37
j1 +29
+30
+26

+
r+
r

6
3
1
0

Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San F r a n c i s c o

+33
+26
, +29
+34

+
r-

2
2
3
2

U. S . T o t a l

+31

•

r+ 3 '

+ 7
+ 4
r+10
+ 5

- 1
- 7
-1U
- 7

+
+
+
+

7
7
5
5

+
+
-

1
2
1
1

+ 8
+ 6
0
- 1

-10
+ 2
- 3
r- 1

+
+
+
+

6
6
3
3

+
+
+
-

2
2
1
1

r+ 3
- 1
- h

h

0
- 2
-7
- 8

+ 6
+ 2
0
0

+ 2
0
+ 2
0

+ 2

- 5

+ 5

+ 1

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U. S. Tjeekly index, without s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 1947-49=100^
1957
Nov.
Dec.
Dec,
Dec.
Dec.

30 .
7
14
21
28

'

#9
215
266
r274
147

1956
Dec. 1
Dec. 8
Dec. 15
Dec. 22
Dec. 29

•

197
226
260
265
112

19#
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

3
10
17
24
31

197
235
255
231
88

r—Revised.
1/ For d e s c r i p t i o n and v/eekly,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, p p . 359-362. Indexes f o r the p e r i o d A p r i l
1952 t o date may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from t h e D i v i s i o n of Research and
Statistics.
weekly indexes a t the d i s t r i c t and c i t y l e v e l s a r e p u b l i s h e d by s e v e r a l of t h e
Federal Reserve Banks.
-* The l a r g e i n c r e a s e s shown f o r t h i s week r e f l e c t i n p a r t t h e f a c t t h a t t h i s
y e a r Christinas Tiras on Wednesday and t h e week t h e r e f o r e included 2 days of heavy
pre-ChristniEB choppingj i n t h e corresponding week l a s t year Christmas was on
fries day •