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BOARD OF GOViiHNOES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR M E D I A T E RELEASE January 2k, 1957 Y/EEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on r e t a i l dollar amounts) tear Four weeks One week ending ending 1956 Jan. 1%Man. 121 da*.. J?n. 19 Dec. 29* Boston New York ~Philadelphia Cleveland + - Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis + 1 + 4 + 3 +11 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco + + + + U . S . Total k 2 3 3 3 9 U 1 r+ - 1 1 1 k +35 +30 +23 +18 + + + + r+13 r+ 5 r- 3 . r- 2 + + - 3 2 5 a +27 +29 +37 +18 +11 +10 + 6 + u + + + + r+ r+ r+ + 1 7 5 7 3 0 + 2 - I + 3 + 3 0 +2U +23 +23 +18 + 2 + 3 - 1 +27 6 8 7 3 ! 7 7 8 6 + + + + 3 6 3 3 + + + + 3 5 k k + + t + 5 2 3 2 + k .* 7 - U. S. weekly index, without, seasonal adjustment, 19U7-U9-1QQ 1/ 1956 Fee. Dec. 1957 ^Tan. Jan. Jnn. 22 29 2# 112 5 93 12 • 107 100 19 1955 —Fee. Dec. 1956 Jan. Jan. Jan. 2k 31 231 88 7 Ik 21 9h 10k 98 195U Dec. 25 1955 Jan. 1 190 80 Jan. 8 Jan. 15 Jan. 22 106 99 95 1 / For description and weekly indexes f o r the period January 1937 to March 1952 see Federal Reserve Bulletin f o r April 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes f o r the period April 1952 t o date may be obtained upon request from the Division of Research and S t a t i s t i c s . Weekly indexes at t h e d i s t r i c t ' and city levels are published by several of the Federal" Reserve Banks. , • .... *—This year there was one shopping day before Christmas, while l a s t year there was none.
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