Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 15, 1958

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H.8a

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR 3MEDIATE RELEASE
May 1$, 1958.
ViEEKLY DEPaRTmENT STORE SALES

Federal Reserve
District

Percentage change from corresponding period a .year ago
(Based on r e t a i l dollar amounts)V
Jan. 1
Four weeks
One week ending
to
ending
May 10
May 10
May 10 May 3 | Apr. 26 | Apr. 19

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

- 6
r- 6
- 6.
-10

+ 5
+ 8
+12
- 5

-11
- 8
- 2
-10

- 6
- 3
0
- 8

6
5
6
9

r-ll
r 0
-1h
-15

- 7
+ 9
0
- 5

-12
-Ik
-12
- 6

-

- k'
0
+ h
+ l

-10
r- 5
- 5
r- 2

+
+
+

2
1
9
8

-16
- 9
-15
- 5

- 8
- 3
- 2
0

- k

- 8

+ 4

- 9

.- k

:S

- 5

i -

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
U. S. t o t a l

- 3
0
- 3
- 5

9
3
8
9

H- 6
- 6

-

2
1
3
2

-J,

£/
U. S. -weekly index, without seasonal adjustment, 19^7-^9=100-^
1958
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
May
May

12 •
19
26
3
10

110 v'
125
136
132
138

1957
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
May
May

13
20
27
It
11

131
138
131
110
1U

1956
"Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
May
May

iu
21
28
5
12

12k
123
129
136
1U0

r—Revised.
''
1/ During April changes from a year ago r e f l e c t in p a r t the f a c t that l a s t year
Easter was on April 21 while t h i s year i t was on April 6. For this reason i t i s
estimated that in comparison with l a s t year an allowance should be made for a decrease in sales of about 6 per cent for the month of April as a whole. These
allowances apply to the figures f o r 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» W.2-L21.
Viieekly indexes at the d i s t r i c t and city levels are published by several of the
Federal Reserve Banks.