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• K.8a

BOARD OF GOVERNORS Of THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 26, 1950.
vv'KEKLY DEPAhTMENT 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 21
June 21 | June Ik j June 7 | May 31
June 21

F e d e r a l Reserve
District
Boston
ivev; iovk
Philadelphia
Cleveland

- 8
- 7
-18
-13

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

-13
+ 2
-15
-11

Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San F r a n c i s c o

^

U. S. Total

I

,
-r
-

2
3
5
2

r+ 3
r+ 2
2
r+ 5

5
3
2
3

4
i
6
1

- 9

- 1

+
-

+ 3
2
2
+ 2
+

- 5
0
0
- - 7

- 3
0
- 7
- 5

•

-3
0
- 3
- 5

- k
- 3

+
c+
+

2
3
6
1

^-L
+ 3
- 7
- 2

-

3
3
5
- k

+•
+
-

1
7
8
5

+
+
-

- 2
0
- 2.
- 2

+

5

+

+

- 1

1

3
2
1
3

- 2

h
3
6
U

- 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 , 19bl-h9=100~^
1958
May 2h
i-ay 3 1
June 7
o une lii
uune21

128
116
135
138
117

1957
Hay 25
June 1 ~
June 8
- Junel5
June 22

12U
117
13 U
139
128

1956
May 26
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 23

127
119
135
142
119

r—revised.
c—Corrected.
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 to March 1958 see
Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1958, p p . 1:12-1^21.
- vseekly indexes a t the 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 t h e
Federal Reserve Banks.