Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : March 7, 1963

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bepar£fient^ bore sales in February were little changed from January,
after ad^nsttobnt-'for lasonal variation. The Board's index for February is
es told, lull di 113 ptfji1 c?nt of the 1957-59 average, down 1 point from January
but 2 points above February a year

1963
Jan.
Feb.
114
ell3
e 85

Monthly sales index 1957-59=100 1/
Adjusted for seasonal variation
Without seasonal adjustment

1962
Dec.
Feb.
Ill
117
212
83

WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Federal Reserve

Percentage change from corresponding periods a year ago
One week ending

. District

Mar. 2|Feb. 231Feb, l6jFeb. 9

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

5
5
2
1
4
5
6
4

+24
r+ 9
0
- 2
+ 1
r+ 1
+10
- 1
r+ 6
+ 3
- 4
+ 5

- 4

+ 3

- 6
- 4
-13
-14

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

"

.U. S. Total

+
+
+

Four weeks
ending
Mar. 2

Jan. 1
to
Mar. 2
+
+
-

5
1
3
2

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

3
7
5
2
5
4
1
6

+
+
+
+

2
2
4
5
6
0
- 5
+ 4

+ 6
+10
+ 7
+ 3
+11
+ 2
+ 2
+11

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

+ 1-

+ 5

+ 1

+ 4
r- 1
+20
+ 2

+10
+ 3
+ 4
- 3

8
2
2.
5
1
2
5
1
7
3
3
6

+ 3

tl» S. weekly sales index, without seasonal adjustment. 1957-59=100 1/
1963 Feb".
Feb,
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.

2
9
16
23
2

83
89
89
82

1262Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Mar.

3
10
17
24
3

82
85
88
86
85

1961 Feb. 4
Feb. 11
Feb. 18
Feb., 25
Mar. 4

77
80
83'

r—Revised
e—Estimated
if 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.
Monthly indexes refer to daily average sales in calendar month. February figure
estimated from weekly sales.
Weekly indexes at the district and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.