Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : May 18, 1961

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B'JARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 18, 1961*

H,8a

NOTE;—-The increase shorn for the week ending May 13 is partly due to a difference
in timing of Mother's Day. Mother's Day this year was on May 14 while
last year it was on May 8.
Y/SEKLY /DEPARTMENT STORE SALES
Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago
One reek ending

District

May 131 May 61 Apr. 291 Ayr. 22

Four weeks
ending
May 13

Jan. 1
to
May 13

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

+20
+20
+17
+14

-12
- 9
r-16
r-14

+ 6
+ 5
- 9
-10

+ 4
0
+ 7
-10

+ 4
+ 3
- 1
- 6

+
+
-

3
1
2
3

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis

+24
+19
+ 9
+ 9

r-12
r-10 r-11
-12

-

7
5
7
8

- 4
0
- 7
- 4

1
1
4
- 4

+
^
-

1
1
2
2

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

+16
+21
+19
+15

r- 3
-11
-11
r-10

+
-

2^
3
3
3

+
+
-

5
8
1
1

+ 1
5
1
0

0
+ 5
0
0

+17

-10

- 1

0

0

U. S. Total

- 3

-

U. S. weekly index, without seasonal adjustment. 1947-49=100 2/
1961
Apr.
Apr.
Apr,
May
May

15
22
29
6
13

130 ....
144
146 .
140
157

I960
Apr.
Apr.
Apr.
May
May

16
23
30
7
14

156
146
151
156
134

1952
Apr.
Apr.
May
May
May

18
25
2
9
16

132
141
141
158
137

r—Revised.
l/ During-April changes from a year ago reflect in part the fact that last year
Easter was on April 17 while this year it was on April 2. For this reason it is
estimated that in comparison with last year an allowance should be made for a
decrease in sales of about 8 per cent for the month of April as a whole. This
allowance"applies 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.