Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : July 23, 1959

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H.8a

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 23, 1959.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT^STORE SALES

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
Federal Reserve
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
District
to
ending
July 18
July 181 July 111 July 41 June 27 July 18
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
+
+
+

3
7
3
6

+
r+
+
+

2
1
6
9

+ 3
- 1
+15
+11

0
+ 1
+ 7
+ 7

+
+
+
+

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+
+
+
+

2
3
8
5

+ 1
r+15
+11
+13

+17
+ 7
+ 4
+14

+ 5
+ 6
+10
+ 8

+ 6
+ 8
+ 8
+10

+ 7
+ 7
+10
+ 9

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas .
San Francisco

+ 8
+ 5
+ 6
+15

r+ 3
+10
+14
+11

- 1
- 2
+ 3
+10

+ 4
+ 8
+ 3
+12

+ 4
+ 5
+ 7
+12

+ 6
+ 9
+ 9
+11

+ 7

+ 9

+ 7

+ 7

+ 8

+ 8

U. S. Total

2
2
8
8

+
+
+
+

5
4
7
8

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49=100 if
1959
June
June
July
July
July

20
2?
4
11
18

143
118
109
126
118

1958
June
June
July
July
July

21
28
5
12
19

117
110
102
116
110

1957
June
June
July
July
July

22
29
6
13
20

128
115
101
111
108

r—Revised.
1/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1958
see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1958, pp. 412-421.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of
the Federal Reserve Banks,