Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : June 16, 1960

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H.8a

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 16, i960.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

f

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)
I Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
' .
to
ending
I June 11
June
11
June 111 June 4*1 May 28* 1 May 21

+
-

4
6
3
1

- 5

- 1

+11
+ 9
+19
+11

+ 8
- 2
+ 4

- 3
+ 2
+ :2
0

- 3
- 1
- 3,
0

r<L7
-10
+ 3
-13

+27
+20
- 7
+15

+
-

3
2
5
4

+ 1
+ 1
-3
- 1

+
+

+ 2

-13

+14

- 1

0

-18
-16
-20
-17

+16
+21
.+ 9
+16

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

- 5
+11
- 1
+ 8

-19
r+ 5

U. 3 . T o t a l

-18

2
2
4
2

3
5
2
3

+
+
-

+11
+ 5
- 1
+ 3

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
+
+

+ 4
0
- 2
- 4

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

3
2
1
1

+ 2

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 l /
1960
May 14
May 21
May 28
June 4
June 11

134
138
139
131
144

1959
May 16
May 23
May 30
June 6
June 13

137
139
122
150
141

1968
May 17
May 24
May 31
June 7
June 14

126
128
H6
135
138

r—Revised,
l / 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 1958
see Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1958, pp. 412-421.
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 are published by s e v e r a l of
t h e Federal Reserve Banks*
*—Memorial Day . l a s t year occurred i n t h e week ending May 30, whereas t h i s y e a r
i t was one week l a t e r . T h e r e f o r e , t h e week ending May 28, 1960 had one more
t r a d i n g day than the corresponding week l a s t y e a r .