Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : June 23, 1960

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H, 8a

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, I960.
VJEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
I Four weeks
une week ending
to
j
ending
June 18
June 18
June 181 June 111 June 4* 1jMay 28* 1
+ 8

+11

+

7

+

+

3

- 1

-18
-16
-20

+

3

-17

5

-19

+ 6

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
U. S. Total

+

3

+

5

+

3

+

9

+
-

5
3
8
2

+

3

-

5

r+ 9
- 1
+ 8
-

5

-18
- 1

3

-17

3

+

- 1

-

+

-10
3

+16
+21
+

9

+11
+ 9
+19
+11

-

+ 2

-13

+14

3
5

+

3

-

3

+ 2
- 2
+ 2
+ 2
0

+ 1
+ 1
- 4
.-1

7

+15

+
+

3

+ 7
- 1
+ 7

+27
+20

-13

3
3

-

+ 1

+16

r- 1

+
*+

j

+ 1

+

3

- 2
- 2
+ 1
1

+ 2

U. S, weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 l/
I960
May
May
June
June
June

21
28
4
11
18

138
139

131
144
148

1959
May 23
May 30
June 13
June 20

1238
139

122
150
141
143

May
May
June
June
June

24
31
7
14
21

128
116
135
138

117

r--Revised.
l/ 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,
*—Memorial Day last year occurred in the week ending May 30, whereas this year
it was one week later. Therefore, the week ending May 28, i960 had one more
trading^day than the corresponding week last year.




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