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22/ H.8a BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31> 1957 YvEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a y e a r ago One week ending District J a n . 261 J a n . 191. J a n . 121 J a n . 5 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland + + 1 6 3 3 - k r- 1 r+ k -3 + + + Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis + + + 6 9 3 1 .+ 1 r+ 3 + 3 +11 +13 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas S.an F r a n c i s c o + 1 - 3 - 7 +10 + + + + + 2 ~ U. S , Total + - 3 9 k 1 1 1 1 k Four weeks ending J a n . 26 * + + ^ Year 1956 i 2 k 2 1 1 + + + + 3 6 3 3 + + + + 3 6 k k + 5 + 3 + 2 - 3 - 2 - 8 + 3 + k 0 0 7 5 7 3 + 1 c- k 0 + 2 - 1 + 3 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 1 + k + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 3 - 1 + 2 + U - 5 + 5 U . S . -weekly i n d e x , w i t h o u t s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 19U7-U9C=100 1/ 1956 Dec. 29 1957 Jan. 5 J a n . 12 J a n . 19 J a n . 26 112 93 107 100 96 1955 Dec. 3 1 88 Jan. 7 J a n . lh J a n . 21 J a n . 28 9h 10k 98 9k 1956 1955 Jan* 1 80 Jan. 8 J a n . 15 J a n . 22 J a n . 29 106 99 95 87 r—Revised. c—Corrected. 1 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r t h e p e r i o d January 1937 to 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 from t h e D i v i s i o n of Research ~and S t a t i s t i c s . Yieekly 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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