Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : March 21, 1957

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
H.8a

IFOR IMMEDIATE
| March 21, 1957
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES

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

Federal Reserve
District

+19

Boston
New 'York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+ 8
+11

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+ 2

r-18

+ 1
- 3.
- 3

- 6
-19
- 5
-Ik

— 6

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

-12

4 2
- 3

- 1
r- 6
r-11
- 1

+ 2

-10

- 2

U. S. Total

- k
r-17
r-19

; -12
0

-16
- 5
- 5
- 9

- 2
- 7

+ 5
+14
+ 4
+ 1
+ 3
... + 1
+ 5
-3

+ 5
- 5

- 2
- 8

- 4

- 9
+ 3

-5

+ 3

- 6

I
|

1

+1

+1

0
-6

+3
-2
-2

-2
-8
-2
—8

+2
0

+1
-3

-3
-5

+1

!

-1

+1

:

-3

+1

!

-1
-1

-6

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100
i2

T e b . 16
Feb. 23
Mar. 2
Mar. 9
Mar. 16

102
100
98

107

1956
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar,

18
25
3
10
17

95
97
10k
109
105;

1955
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

19
26
5
12
19

1/
90
93
98

102
108

r--Revised.
l/ For description and weekly indexes for the period January 1937 to March 1952
'see Federal Reserve Bulletin for April 1952, pp. 359-362. : Indexes for the period
April 1952 to date may be obtained upon request from the Division of Research and
Statistics.
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Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.
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