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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE H.3a January 28, i960. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Four weeks Year 1959 One week ending ending Year 1958 Jan. 23lJan. 161 Jan. 9lJan. 2 Jan. 23 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland - 1 + 9 + 7 +10 + 1 0 r+ 2 +13 +16 + 9 + 6 +21 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis - 4 + 6 +17 +16 r+ 5 r+ 5 + 2 +10 + + + + Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco +11 + 2 + 5 - 1 +13 - 5 + 6 + 2 r+10 + 6 + 1 + 7 + 8 + 3 + 9 U. S. Total + 6 + 6 +15 + 5 + 6 + 6 + 8 +12 + + + + 4 4 4 7 0 + 6 + 7 +11 + + + + 3 7 8 6 + 6 +24 +12 + 7 +10 + 6 + 5 + 4 + + + + 5 6 7 9 + 8 + 7 + 7 1 - 2 9 " + 4 + 4 9 4 1 +15 1 U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49=100 1/ 1952 Dec. 26 246 1958 Dec. 27 205 1957 Dec. 28 158 I960 Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 112 132 120 113 1952 Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 104 121 116 105 1258 Jan. 4 Jan. 11 Jan. 18 Jan. 25 102 116 110 100 2 9 16 23 3 10 17 24 r—Revised. 1/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1958 see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1958, pp. 412-421. Weekly indexes at t/v, district and city levels are published by several of the Federal Reserve Baiii.s,
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