Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : July 19, 1956

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS CF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.8a

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 19, 1956
wnEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Boston

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
July 14
July 7 1 June 30 i
I June 23
July 14
July 14
+12
+10
+13 .
+ 9

+12
+ 9
+10
+ 3

+ 8
•+ 5
+ 5
+ 8

+ l
+ 5
+ 7

+ 9
- 2

+12
+ 7

Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ 3
+ 5
+ h
+ 1

+ a
r+ 5
- 7
0

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+ U
+ k
+ 2
0

+11
+11
- 1
- 3

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

0
- 7
- 1
+ 4

+ 7
c- 1
+10
r+ 6

+ 6

+ 6

+ 3

+ 4

U. S. Total

+ 2

+ 3

+ 7

New York

+ 4

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+
+
+
+

8
7
5
3

+
+
+
+

2
4
5
5

+
+
+
+

7
5
3
3

+
+
+
+

3 '
5
3
5

+ 7
- 1
+ 5
+

k

+

h

+ 5
+ i
+ k
+ 2
—

+ 4

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 1/
1955

1956

June
June
June
July
July

16
23
30
7
14

131
109
rl04 -90
. 99

___

June 18
June 25
July 2
July 9
July 16

195U
117
103.
98

87
97

June
June
June
July
July

19
26
3
10
17

115
97
93
77
88

-Revised.
c—Corrected.
1/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1952 see
Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes for the period April
1952 to date may be obtained upon request from the Division of Research and
Statistics.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.