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H;8a BOAKD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR MEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 1956. WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES F e d e r a l Reserve District Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland P e r c e n t a g e change frcm corresponding p e r i o d a year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Four weeks Year One week ending ending J a n . 251 J a n . l b l J a n . I l l J a n . k J a n . 25 + + - 7 2 1 7 + + rr+ 2 k 4 5 +11 + 1 - 5 + 3 + + + 3 3 2 k + + + 2 2 2 1 + + - 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 + + + - 2 2 1 1 ^Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis 0 - 1 -10 — 6 r+ 8 0 + k * 1 + + - 1 1 3 2 - 1 +% - 2 - 1 + + - Minneapolis Kansas C i t y Dallas San F r a n c i s c o + - + + r- + - 1 k 3 3 + + 3 1 2 3 - 1 + 1 0 - 2 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 2 3 1 k 3 2 1 5 - 3 ./ ;r+ 2 U. S . T o t a l + 1 U. S . weekly i n d e x , without s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 1947-19U9-100i/ 1957 Dec. 1953 Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 28 1U8 4 11 18 25 95 108 rl02 93 1956 Dec. 1957 Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 29 112 5 12 19 26 93 107 100 96 1955 Dec. 1956 Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 31 88 7 lU 21 28 9k 10k 98 9k r—Re v i s e d . ' 1 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r the p e r i o d January 1937 t o March 1952 see F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1952, p p . 359-362. Indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d A p r i l 1952 t o d a t e may be obtained upon r e q u e s t frcm t h e D i v i s i o n of Research and Statistics. "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 a r e p u b l i s h e d by s e v e r a l of t h e F e d e r a l ..Reserve Banks.
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