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FEDERAL .-v,olSSi^4'7 mm; RESERVE statist!(o •f*4LVZf: 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.