Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : June 19, 1958

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H.8a

BOARD OF GOVERNORS' OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 19, 1958.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
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)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
June 14 | June 7 | May 3 1 j May 24
June 14
June 14

F e d e r a l Reserve
District
.Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

2
+ 3
- 5
- i-

+
+
r+

3
2
2
2

-'Richmond.
Atlanta
Chicago
St * Louis

+
-

4
k
2

k

+
+
-

5
6
4
3

-

3
1
6
2

r+
+
r-

3
3
5
4

-

1

+

+

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
U. S. Total

+ 3
+ h
+ 7
0

0
+ 2
0
- 1

+. 2
r+ 2
- 6
+ 1

+ 4
. - 5
+ 1
+12

+ h
w2
- 3
+ 3

_--3
- 3
- 5
- h

1
7
8
5

+ 8
+ 8
0
+ 2

- 1
+ h
+ 2
- 2

- 1
0
- 2
- 2

1

' + 3

+ 1

-

-

+ 1

5
0
o
7

. -

+
-

3
1
3
k

U. S . weekly index, without s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 1947-L9 =100^
1958
Bay 17
May 2k
May 31
June 7
June l b

.126
128
116
135
138

1957
May 18
May 25
1
8
June 15

129
124
117
134
139

1956
Hay 19
132
May 26
127
June 2 - 119
June 9
135
June 16
1U2

r—ite v i s e d .
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 1958 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 1958, p p . 412-421. V.eekly 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 several, of the
F e d e r a l Reserve Banks.