Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : January 2, 1959

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.8a

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 2, 1959.
WEEKLY EEPARTLMT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(•Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts)
Four weeks
Jan. 1
One week ending
ending
to
Dec. 27*| Dec. 201 Dec. 131 Dec. 6
Dec. 27
Dec. 27
+3U
+27
* +31
+26

+
+
r+

3
3
2
3

+
+
+
+

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

+30
+28
+31
+2U

+
+
r+
r+

2
3
8
6

0
+ 2
0
+ 2

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+26
+29
+26
+33

+
+
+
+

3
8
1
1

+
+
+
+

+30

+ 3

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

U . S . Total

6
5
3
l

2
k
2
3

+ 3

+ 8
+ 7
>10
+ 6

+
+
+
-

+16
0
+ 3
+ 9

+
+
+
+

9
5
8
9

+ 2
+ 1
- 2
0

+
+
+

+ 5
+10
+ 6
+ 8

0
+ u
0
+ I

- 1
+ 9
r+19
+ 3-

2
6
2
5

+ 6

Z

+ 8

1

2
3
2
2

+ 1

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 19k7-h9 = 100—^
1958
K'ov.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

29
6
13
20
27

171
2kh
293
30U
205

1957
" Kov.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

30
7
1U
21
28

170
230 '
285
29U
158

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

21U
216
283
289
121

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 1958 see
Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1958, pp. ljJ.2-lj.21.
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 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 the f a c t t h a t t h i s year
Christmas was on Thursday and t h e week t h e r e f o r e included 3 days of heavy p r e Christmas shopping; i n t h e corresponding week l a s t year Christmas was on Wednesday.