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FOR IM11EDME RELEASE
January 31, 1963

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding periods a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
"Year"
~ " j Four weeks
.?M.?eek ending
1
ending
1962
Jan. 2ol Jan. 19 'Jan. 12 ; Jan. .5 '
Jan. 26
+
+
+

- 2
- 2
-14

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

-13

+ 3

Richmond
Atlanta
CHlcago
St. Louis

- 9
+JL_
+13
+

U. S. Total

7

- 1

+
r+

5
1
2
4

+11
+ 4
• + 4
+

4

+ 7

+ 8
+22
+ 8
+26

+ 9
+12
+12
+17

+ 6
+12
- 9
r+ 9

+ 5
+ 2
+15
+ 7

+ 4
+12
+10
+11

r+ 4

+ 9

+10

r+ 1

+11
- 4
-16

Minneapolis
Kans as City
Dallas
San Francisco

8
3
8
1

+
+

7
5

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+2

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- 4

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+
+
+

+ 6
+ 1

3
4
3
1

+ 3
+

>

7

+ 6
+ 5

+ 5

+8

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+ 2

+

7

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7

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1

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9

+ 5

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3

6

: + 4

U. S. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment, 1957-59=100 1/
1962
.
Dec. 29
1963 Jan. 5
Jan. 12
Jan. 19
Jan,.26

1960

1961
121
91
99
r. 94
83

1962

Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.

30

90

13
20
27

91
90
84

6

83

Dec.
1961 Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.

31
7
14
21
28

84
85
93
78
74

r—Revised
1/ Monthly and weekly indexes of department store sales have been revised. For
description of revision of monthly indexes see Federal Reserve Bulletin for July
1962. A description of revision 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.-