Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : June 6, 1963

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 6, 1963
^Department store sales in May were little changed from April, after
allowance for -gea^G^f'variation, The May index is estimated at 116 per cent of
4he 19tZ-=££. average compared with 115 for April and 115 for May 1962.
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1963
May
Mar.
Monthly sales index 1957-59=100
May
Apr.
Adjusted for seasonal variation
ell6
115
119
115
101
110
Without seasonal adjustment
elll
112
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding periods a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
to
One week ending
ending
June 1
June 11 May 251 May 181 May 11 June 1 "
+
+
-

3
2
3
1

1
5
1
2

+
+
+
+

3
8
3
2

4
3
3
5

+
+
+
+

3
4
7
4

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+
+
—
-

1
3
3
1

+2
+3
— 5
r 0

+3
+7
r- 2
^10

+11
+ 7
— 3
+5

+- 5
+ 5
- 3
- 2

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+ 1
+ 6
+2
- 1

r-^2
r+ 6
- 2
- 5

- 3
+1
-10
-7

+9
+6
+ 7
+ 4

+
+
-

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+
+
+

2
6
3
2

+ 4
+2
+1
+8

- 1
+5
+2
+8

>12
- 1
+ 4
+ 3

+
+
+
+

+ 1

+1

-2

+5

+ 1

U.S. Total

1

+ 3

U.S. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment, 1957-59=100 l/
1963

May
May
May
May

-4 113
11 127
18 110
25-J.07
1 100

1962

May
May
May
May
June

5
12
19
26
2

116
121
112
106
99

1961

May
May
May
May
June

6
13
20
27
3

101
113
105
98
95

r—Revised
e—Estimated
1/ For description of monthly indexes see Federal Reserve Bulletin for July 1962.
A description of weekly indexes appears in Bulletin for August 1962.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.