Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : March 14, 1963

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 14, 1963

H.8&
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1'fflEKLY (DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

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Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding periods a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
Mar. 9fMar. 2l(Feb. 23 |Feb. 16
Mar. 9
Mar. 9

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ 4
+ 3
+21
+ 6

- 6
- 4
-13
r-15

+24
+9
0
- 2

+10
+3
+4
- 8

+
+
+
-

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+27
+19
+6
+ 8

rr-

6
4
2
1

+ 1
+1
+10
-1

+2
+2
+4
- 5

+ 5
+ 3
+ 4
0

-10
+4
+ 3
r+6
+ 1^ - 6
+ 4
+4

+6
+ 3
- 4
+5

+6
0
- 5
+4

+
+
+

"+ 3

+1

+ 2

Minneapolis
Kansas City
^Dallas
San Francisco
U. S. Total

+ 7

- 4

8
3
3
5

+ 5
+ 1
0
- 2
+
-+
+
+
+
+
+
+

2
3
3
4

9
16
23
2
9

8?
89
89
82
92

1962 Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.

10
17
24
3
10

85
88
86
85
86

1961 Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.

11
18
25
4
11

80
8]
88
88
92

r—Revised
"
1/ Monthly and weekly indexes of department store sales have been revised. For
description of revision of monthly indexes see Federal Reserve Bulletin for July
1962. A description of revision 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.




4
4
1
6 .

+ 3

IL S. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment, 1957-59=100 1/
1943 Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.

5
8
5
3