Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 10, 1962

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H.8a
1962

B ^ ^ E K L T DEPARTi'iEWT STORE SALES

T rUCKMOND

^Interpretation of ~the weekly percentage changes during the Easter season
is affected by the shifting date of the holiday (this year, April 22 and last year,
April 2). Adjustment factors have been developed for this calendar irregularity.
For the week ending May 5 the factor is - 1; this yields an "adjusted" year-to-year
change for the United States of +16 per cent.
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
(Based on retail dollar amounts)
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
May 5
May 5! April 28]Tpril~211 April 14 May 5

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+

5
+ 7
+21
+15

+ 1
- 4
r- 3
-HO

+23
+19
+11
+11

+28
+24
+35
+17

+14
+11
+15
+13

+
+
+
+

5
5
5
4

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+13
+20
+16
+12

r+
r+
+

2
2
8
8

+21
+14
+15
+11

+19
+20
+13
+24

+15
+13
+13
+13

+
+
+
+

5
6
6
5

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+16
+21
+24
+12

r+15
r+ 2
+15

+22
+ 7
+13
+10

0
+10
+ 9
+ 8

+13
+10
+11
+11

+
+
+
+

2
3
5
7

+15

+ 5

+15

+17

+13

+ 6

U. S. Total
rid justed" U.S.

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2

+16

+ 5

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 1947-49=100
1962
Apr. 7
Apr. 14 •
Apr. 21
Apr. 28
May
5

156
152
165
153
161

1961
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
May

8
15
22
29
6

128
130
144
146
140

I960
Apr. 9
Apr. 16
Apr. 23
Apr. 30
May
7

13

146
151
156

r—Revised.
l/ 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.