Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : June 30, 1960

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H.8a

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 30, I960.
I-fEEKLY DEPARTMENT, STORE._S1LES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
June 25
June 25
June 251 June 181 June 111 June 4*

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ 8
+15
+ 4
+ 6

+
+
+
+

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

0
+ 8
+ 3
+ 6

+ 3
+ 5
+ 3

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
-

U.S. Total

1

9
5
1
4

+ 6

8
7
3
6

+ 9

+
-

5
3
8
2

+ 3

+11
+ 5
- 1
+ 3

-18
-16
-20
-17

+
+
-

2
2"
4
2

+
+
+
+

3
6
2
3

+
+

5
9
1
8

-19
+ 5
-18
- 1

+
+

6
7
4
5

+
+
+

2
2
2
1

-

3
1
3
l

-17
-10
+ 3
-13

-

1
3
2
5

+
+

4
2
2
1

-13

- 1

^ 2

+ 2

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100 1/
I960
May 28
June 4
June 11
June 18
June 25

139
131
144
rl47
125

1959 May Jf)
June 6
June 13
June 20
June 27

122
150
141
143
118

1958
May 31
June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28

116
135
138
117
110

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.