Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : March 29, 1956
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BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM H.8a FOR IIC,MEDIATE RELEASE March 29, 1956 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT.STORE SALES • F e d e r a l Reserve ' District Pe:r e n t a g e change frcm corresponding period a y e a r ago (Eased on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) 1 / Jan. 1 Four weeks One week ending to ending Har. 2b Mar. 24 | Har. 17 | Har. 10 I Hsr. 3 | Mar. 24 - 5 + 8 -10 0 + 3 +10 + 3 + 7 + 6 +10 -.1 - 2 + 8 + 8 ^ + b +.3 + 8 +11 + 2 -+ b + + + 2 1 8 3 - 1 + 2 +5 + 3 + + + + + 7 + 6 +5 • Boston New York - 'Philadelphia Cleveland -28 - 7 + 1 +20 -16 r- 7 r- 2 - b - 2 + 9 +10 +18 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis +10 +12 +17 + rr+ "+ 2 2 2 0 +25 5 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco 1 +12 +19 +12 + 7 - 5 U. S. T o t a l + 9 r- 3 - 9 0 +12 + 7 +5 + i + li + 8 +5 + 6 b 3 b 3 . + + + + b 1 3 1 + 3 U. S. weekly index, w i t h o u t s e a s o n a l a d j u s t m e n t , 19b7-b9=100 2 / 1956 Feb. 25 Mar. 3 10 Iuar. 17 Mar. 2b 1955 97 10b 109 rl05 112 ~~Feh> Mar. Har. Har. Har. 195b 26 5 12 19 26 93 98 102 108 103 Feb. Mar. Har. Har. Mar. 27 6 13 20 27 90 P 92 95 100 r—Revised. 1 / During, March and A p r i l changes from a y e a r ago r e f l e c t i n p a r t the f a c t t h a t 1 l a s t year E a s t e r r a s on A p r i l 10 while t h i s year i t w i l l be on A p r i l 1 . For t h i s r e a r o n i t i s estimated t h a t in comparison w i t h l a s t y e a r an allowance should be iD3ae f o r sn i n c r e a s e i n s a l e s of about li per cent f o r the month of March as a whole and 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 to March 1952 see F e d e r a l ' R e s e r v e B u l l e t i n f o r A p r i l 1952, pp. 359-362. Indexes f o r the period A p r i l 1952 t o d a t a 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 Stauictics. • . Weekly 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,