Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : July 18, 1957

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

H.8a

FOR D& EDI ATE RELEASE
July 18, 1957
VvEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
Federal Reserve
District
•Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland .

One we:sk ending
July 13 I1 July 6 1 June 29 | June 22
+ 6
+5
- 1
+13
+ 8
+11
+ 3
+5
+20
+ l
+ 6
T~ 2
+ 6
+ 2
r 0
- 2

Four weeks
ending
July 13
+ 6
+ 7
7
+ 2

Jan. 1
to
July 13
+ 2
+ k
+ 2
- 1

5

+ k
+ 2
+ 3
0

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

+ 5
+ 4
+ 3
+ 8

r- 3
r+ 5
+ 3
- k

0
r- h
+ 2
- 3

+19
+12.
+10
+ 7

+ h
+ 5
+ 2

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+ 8
+ 8
+11
+ 2

- 1
+ 9
+15
+ 2

+11
- 2
+ 2
+ 1

0
- 1
+ 5
+ 8

3
8
h

5

+
+
+
+

+ 5

+ k

+ 2

+ 9

5

+ 2

U. S. Total

+

2
1
3
1

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal a d j u s t e d , 19li7-L9=100 1 /
1957
June
June
June
July
July

15
22
29
6
13

129
119
107
9U
10U

1956
June
June
June
July
July

16
23
30
7
14

131
109 .
105
90
99

1955
^June 18
June 25
July 2
July 9
July 16

117
103
98
87
97

r—Revised,
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 t o March 1952 see
Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 19.52, pp# 359-362» Indexes f o r the p e r i o d A p r i l
1952 t o date may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from the Division of Research and S t a tistics.
Weekly indexes a t the d i s t r i c t and _city r l e v e l s are published by s e v e r a l of the
Federal Reserve Banks.