Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : March 15, 1956

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EOABD OF GCVEBNOR& OP THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.8a

• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
]&archl5, 1956
V.'EEKLY DEP^TMEUT 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) V
Four weeks
ending
1
ending
to
r:ar. 10
Mar. 3 | Feb. 25 | Feb. Id | Mar. 10
Mar. 10

Richmond
Atlanta
.Chi csgo
b~. LeidTs

j

+

3

+ 7
+ 6
+ 6

[Minneapolis
jKansas City
Dallas
jSan F r a n c i s c o
'

- 2
+10
+ 9
+18

. ^
^

-•

U. S. Total

+ 12
+ 7

+ h
+ 1

+

5

+

+

8

+ 3
+ 3
+16
+ 4

r- 1
- 2
+

- 2
+ 3
+ •3
+13

8

8

+ 6

+

8

+
+
+
+

3
3
3
8

+

8

3
1
9
4

1
+ 2
+ 5
. + 3

+ 9
+ 2
+120

+ 8
+11
+ 3

I + 7

+ 6

+ k

+ 6

j
j
j

+
+
+

1

Boston
1: ew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

I

F e d e r a l Reserve
District-

+ 3

- 1

+

5

+

u

+

6

+

5

+

8

+11
+ 2
+ 6
+

5

+

5

!

+ 8

+

+ 3
. + 9
+
2
+

+. 1
+ 3
+ 4
+ 4

+

j

6

h
0
h
0

+ 3

U. S. weekly index. without s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 1947-19=100 2/
_56
. Feb. 11
Feb. 18
Feb. 25
Mar. 3
Mar. 10

1955
97
9$
97
I0i|

109

Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
iaar.

195L
12
19
26
5
12

92
90
93
95
102

Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.

13
20
27
6

13

91
86
90
85
92

r--Revised. •
•. ~ " " '
~
' ———
V D u r i n g March and April changes from a year ago r e f l e c t i n p a r t the f a c t t h a t
l a s t year E a s t e r was on April 10 while t h i s year i t v ; i l l be on A p r i l 1 . For t h i s .
reason i t i s ^estimated t n a t i n comparison with l a s t year an allowance should be
nada f o r anTincrease in s a l e s of about k per cent f o r the month of March as a whole
dnu a
corresponding decrease f o r The month of A p r i l . These allowances apply t o the
f i g u r e s f o r the United S t a t e s .
2/ For d e s c r i p t i o n and weekly indexes f o r the p e r i o d January 1937 t o March 1 ^ 2 see
f e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n for April 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes for the period'April
-p-A to dax,e may be obtained upon r e q u e s t from t h e D i v i s i o n of Research and
Statistics.
••eeK- y 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 published by s e v e r a l of the
F e d e r a l Reserve banks *