Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : June 14, 1956
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM A.8a FOR ItSEDIATE RELEASE June l L , 1956 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES F e d e r a l Reserve District Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Four weeks Jan. 1 One week ending ending to June 9 | June 2 | May 26 j1 May 19 June 9 June 9 Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland ' +15 +11 +12 + h + + r+ + 1 6 6 8 - 5 - 1 0 + k Richmond Atlanta Chicago^ S t . Louis +11 + 9 + 8 +13 + r+ + + 1 1 9 9 + + + Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San F r a n c i s c o +11 + 9 + 7 + 2 +31 r+ d + 9 + 5 +10 + 5 + 5 + l + + + + + 9 + 7 + 3 U . S . Total . 7 h 5 6 + / + + + 2 6 8 6 + + + + 3 5 6 6 + + + + 1 3 h 5 +12 +12 + 5 + 6 + + + + h 6 6 9 + + + + 2 5 3 5 5 7 3 3 +13 + 7 + 6 + 3 + + + + h l 3 1 + 6 + 6 + 3 | U. S. weekly index, 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 , 1917-19=100 .1/ 1956 May 12 May 19 May 26 June 2 June 9 1955 129 122 __117 109 12U May May May June June m lh 21 28 b 11 108 115 ill* 102 11U • May May May June June 15 22 29 5 12 97 106 lOit 97 111 r—Revised, " ' ~ ' ' 1 / For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r the p e r i o d January 1937 t o 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, 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 t h e D i v i s i o n of Research and Statistics. Weekly 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 the F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.