Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : March 23, 1961

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 23, 1961•

H.8a

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
District

Cne week ending
Mar. 181 Mar. Ill Mar. 41F eb. 25

Jan. 1
to
Mar. 18

Four weeks
ending
Mar. 18

+ 8
+ 7
+10
+ 9

+14
r+10
r+18
+11

+62
+38
+44
+25

+15
+17
+12
+ 6

+21
+17
+19
+12

+
+
+
+

7
3
2
2

-Richmond
Atlanta
Ohioago
St, Louis

+16
+10
+ 4
+14

+24
r+21
- 2
r+31

+45
+29
+15
r+33

+12
+14
+ 9
r+12

+22
+18
+ 6
+22

+
+
+
+

4
3
1
4

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+11
+25
+ 9
- 1

- 1
r+15
+ 9
r+ 3

+ 6
+25
+11
+ 8

+10
+24
+ 8
+ 2

+ 7
+22
+ 9
+ 3

0
+11
+ 2
0

+ 9

r+10

+24 . +11

+13

+ 3

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

J U . S. Total

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-4-9=100 2/
1961
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

18
25
4
11
18

115
122
122
rl28
140

I960
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

20
10?
27
110
5 __ 98
12
116
19
129

1959
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.
Mar.
Mar.

21
28
7
14
21

109
118
118
124
137

r—Revised.
l/ During March and April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact that
last year Easter was on April 17 while this year it will be on April 2. For this
reason it is estimated that in comparison with last year an allowance should be
-made for an increase in sales of about 8 per cent for the month of March as a
whole and a corresponding decrease for the month of April. These allowances
apply to the figures for the United States.
2/ 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.