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FEDERAL

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 23, 1964

H.*a
VcEEKLYl DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding periods a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Four weeks
Year 19^3
One week ending
ending
Year 196?.
Jan. 18
J an, IP [Jan. Ill Jan. 4-1Lee. 28*
+30
+32
+29
+34.

+12
+12
+ 9
+11

+ 4
+ 4
0
+ 3

+33

+39
+29

+ 9
+20
+19
+12

+
+
+
+

r+10
+11
+ 8
+ 4

r+40
+33
+41
+35

+22
+20
+18
+13

• +
+
+
+

+ 8

+35

+15

+
+
r+
r+

8
8
6
3

Fasten
New York
Philadelphia
. Cleveland

- 5
- 7
-in
- 6

+ 9
r+13
+ 4
+ 6

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

- f>
+ 8
+11
- 2

r n
+13
+11
r+ 4

+ 4
+ 4

+45

+12

+19
+ 9
+ 5
+ 2

r+15
r+17
+11
r+ 4

+ 1

+ 9

Minneapolis
.Kansas City
Fallas
San Francisco
1.3. Total

+ 9

3
9
5
35
4
5
4

+ 4

U.S. weekly sales index, with nut seasonal adjustment, 19er7-r)9=3.00 if1963
2964

Dec.
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.

21
28
4
11
18

28?
1*3
98
108
95

1962
1963

Fee.
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.

22
29
5
12
19

271
121
91
99
94"

1961
1962

Dec.
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.

23
30
6
13
20

259
90
83
91
9r

r—Revised
1/ For description of monthly indexes see Federal Reserve Bulletin for July 1962,
A description of weekly indexes appears in Bulletin for August 1962.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.
* — T h e large percentage changes shown for this week are due mainly to the fact that
CLr;gbias this year fell on Wednesday, giving the week two pre-Christmas shopping
dayc compar-xl with one in the corresponding "week last year.